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&*5 *62 O P n what could further vitiate Ithe security environment in the Indian subcontinent, the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Government has allowed open &*5 *62 L access to Lashkar-e-Tayyeba L (LeT) Number 2 and 26/11 aish-e-Mohammad (JeM), ! conspirator Abdul Rahman Jthe Pakistan-based terrorist "#$ Makki in the universities and group which owned responsi- % schools as a motivational bility for the attack on the cials in the security establish- speaker to deliver anti-India Central Reserve Police Force ment said on Saturday this is !& sermons and ‘virtues’ of jehad (CRPF) convoy in Kashmir on very alarming as JeM terrorists ' and radicalise the youngsters at Thursday, has grown in are infiltrating into the ( a young age. The radicalisation strength in the last few months Kashmir Valley through )*+,- and recruitment of highly edu- and at least 40 of its operatives Jammu region considered to a . & cated youths will significantly are now active in South and “non-traditional” route in Q 0 enhance the strike capabilities Central Kashmir. terms of infiltration. After '2 of the Pakistani terror groups. Moreover, out of 11 foreign sneaking in from the heavily $ Agencies here apprehend terrorists neutralised by the guarded Jammu region, they the move will lead to creation security forces in last two travel through the 300-km long " of a “network of terror facili- months, nine of them were national highway till Jawahar L tators” in the region for fur- from JeM. tunnel in Banihal, the gateway $ '$ $ 0 L thering the larger anti-India Besides these alarming to the Valley, undetected as the terror agenda. trends, the security forces are vehicles are rarely checked '2 *+,- In addition to the latest tac- also worried as they have so far while going from Jammu to 3 456+ tic of the Pakistan not been able to nab at least Srinagar. " !' " Government-Army combine, !"## # $%&' % ( P& four to five suspected JeM who Even as the security forces ! '2 the duplicity of the US that ) * + & sneaked from Pakistan into have managed to neutralise at ) Q " hosts common servers for the Jammu region almost a fort- least 11 foreign terrorists ) Pakistan Army and its terror vice towards the Pakistan- region especially against tional facilities is to catch them night back. including nine of JeM, alarm *+,- proxies like LeT and Jaish-e- directed terror in India but has India. Due to the terror hits by young. Pakistan Army’s terror Some blood trails were bells have started ringing as " Mohammad (JeM) has further always been comforting the Pakistani jehadi groups, proxies like the LeT and JeM found in the fields in Samba three encounters near Srinagar & Q compounded the security situ- Islamabad by reiterating that it India is one of the top 10 ter- will get a pool of educated stu- region then and a manhunt was in late last month, in which 7 ation in the country. The com- is a permanent ally. The US has rorism-hit countries in the dents and engineers for inflict- launched but so far no luck for three JeM ultras were killed, ) '2 ) mon server of the Pakistan also failed in conducting drone world. ing more and more terror hits the joint team of Border took place after they managed army and its terror affiliates are strikes against the LeT and JeM “The idea of allowing with an ever evolving sophis- Security Force (BSF), Army to reach the outskirts of the a clear link between the two. masterminds who have a free access to Makki to the techni- tication,” a senior security offi- and the local police. capital by road from Jammu The US has only done lip ser- run in furthering terror in the cal institutes and other educa- cial said. Giving these details, offi- undetected. 0 # $ ) R ! )*+,-'2 !& ) ! " " &*5 *62 &*5 *62 ing support to terrorist safe 3 7 havens. “We have been very 0 day after it expressed shock S National Security clear on that score... And, we %8% # 2 Aover the Pulwama terror UAdviser John Bolton told are continuing to be in discus- attack, Chinese State Councilor his Indian counterpart Ajit sions we are going to have with he Federation of Western ! % and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Doval that America supports the Pakistanis,” the US NSA TIndia Cine Employees 0 ! on Saturday sent a condolence India’s right to self-defence as said. (FWICE) has called for ban on " message to Minister of External both sides vowed to work Earlier, the White House cricketer-turned-politician " Affairs Sushma Swaraj together to ensure that Pakistan and Secretary of State Mike Navjot Singh Sidhu over his ! denounced “all forms of ter- ceases to be a safe heaven for Pompeo asked Pakistan to end controversial comments in the rorism” which it claimed is “the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and its support to terrorist safe wake of the Pulwama terror ! common enemy of mankind”. other terror groups. Doval and havens inside the country. “We attack. The message, however, did not Bolton held a telephonic con- stand with India as it confronts Sidhu, who appears on 0 make any reference either versation on Friday evening terrorism. Pakistan must not “The Kapil Sharma Show”, had " # Pakistan or Jaish-e- during which they resolved to provide safe haven for terror- condemned the incident but Mohammad (JeM), the terror United Nations. The White hold Pakistan to account for its ists to threaten international courted a controversy when he ! 8 group which has claimed House even asked Pakistan to obligations under the UN res- call was initiated by the US side security,” Pompeo said on asked whether an entire nation K responsibility for the attack. immediately end “support” and olutions and remove all obsta- to express condolence and out- Twitter. can be blamed for a handful of '2 In a letter to Swaraj, Wang “safe haven” to all terror groups. cles to designate Jaish-e- rage over the Pulwama attack In a stern message to people. 9 % Yi on behalf of the Chinese Wang Yi said he was Mohammad(JeM) chief by Pakistan-based terrorist Pakistan, the White He was among the invitees ! Government, conveyed sym- “shocked to learn that a suicide Maulana Masood Azhar as a group JeM. House asked Islamabad to for the swearing-in 0 pathy to the families of the 40 attack was carried out in global terrorist, the External “I told Ajit Doval today “immediately end” its ceremony of Imran Khan as " # CRPF jawans who were killed Kashmir and heavy casualties Affairs Ministry said in New that we support India’s right to “support” to all terror groups Pakistan prime minister last after a suicide bomber vehicle were caused. A statement by Delhi on Saturday. self-defence. I have spoken to and not to provide “safe haven” year. & 8 rammed into their bus in south the Chinese embassy read It said that Bolton sup- him twice, including this to them, as the US condemned The Punjab O Kashmir’s Pulwama district on “Wang Yi stressed that terror- ported India’s right to self- morning... And expressed the the brutal Pulwama terror Cabinet Minister’s Thursday. ism is the common enemy of defence against cross-border US’ condolences over the ter- attack. comments sparked an uproar ! The statement from Beijing mankind. The Chinese side res- terrorism and offered all assis- rorist attack,” Bolton told PTI Jaish has claimed respon- on social media, with many 0 came at a time when India has olutely opposes and strongly tance to India to bring the per- in Washington. sibility for the terror attack in people asking for his removal ( 0 received condolences from sev- condemns all forms of petrators and backers of the He said the US has been Jammu and Kashmir’s from “The Kapil Sharma Q eral nations, including the terrorism. attack promptly to justice. The very clear to Pakistan on end- Pulwama district on Thursday. Show”. 7 ! L " % L $ " % $% 0Q 7#%%8 ! 7 *+,- ension prevailed in Jammu &*5 *62 the security forces. Tfor the second consecutive 9 The resolution adopted at day as district authorities decid- ! ) ll political parties on the all-party meeting here, ed against relaxing curfew ) ASaturday spoke in one however, did not name restrictions following fresh ! 0 !! 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8>#,$8> D nel and against Pakistan. were performed. had joined the duty on sisters and brother Lakhvir. Kulwinder Singh, who was lagers chanted 'Bharat Mata ki Commissioner Sumit Jarangal. >8$&##> D 9#>& The four troopers from Villagers and family mem- February 13 only. His younger Heart-rending scenes killed in the Pulwama terror Jai' and 'Pakistan Murdabad' Thirty five year old mar- 9#>#&D%?# Punjab were Jaimal Singh of bers vented their anger on the brother is also serving in the were witnessed at his home attack, as his mortal remains slogans when the mortal tyr Sukhjinder Singh was cre- village Kot Ise Khan in Moga attack and demanded that the CRPF and is posted in Assam where people flocked to pay were consigned to flames with remains of Kulwinder was mated with state honours at he last rites of four CRPF district, Sukhjinder Singh of Centre should avenge the now. Kulwinder Singh was to their last respects. Mourners, full state honours at his native being taken for the final jour- his native village in Tarn Tmartyrs from Punjab, who Gandiwind village in Tarn deaths and give a befitting get married later in 2019. carrying the national flag, village Rauli in the Nurpur ney. Some among the mourn- Taran on Saturday. were killed in Thursday's ter- Taran district, Maninder reply to the Pakistan-backed The mortal remains of raised slogans of 'Maninder Bedi area. ers were carrying the nation- The villagers who had ror attack in Jammu and Singh Attri of Dinanagar town terrorists. 28-year old Maninder Singh Amar Rahe, Maninder The funeral pyre was lit by al flag. turned out in large numbers Kashmir, were performed on in Gurdaspur district and Jaimal Singh, 44, was the were brought in a coffin Zindabad' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Kulwinder's father Darshan Shopkeepers of Nurpur gave him a tearful adieu while Saturday as their remains were Kulwinder Singh of Rouli vil- driver of the fateful bus that wrapped in the national flag at Jai'. Anti-Pakistan slogans also Singh. Kulwinder, who was a Bedi and Rupnagar market his father Gurmej Singh lit the consigned to flames in their lage in Nurpur Bedi area of was blown up in the attack. He his residence in Arya Nagar at rend the air. constable in the CRPF, is sur- shut their shops to register pyre. A large number of the villages with full state honours. Ropar district. left behind his ageing parents, Dinanagar Saturday morn- Some school students car- vived by his father and moth- their protest against the attack. residents of the area paid trib- All four were given state Contingents of the CRPF wife, a 10-year-old son and a ing. The pyre was lit by rying the tricolour were stand- er. Mortal remains of Kulwinder was to get married utes to the departed soul. funeral and hundreds of peo- gave the final guard of honour younger brother. Sukhjinder Maninder's younger brother ing on the road from where Kulwinder wrapped in the on November 8 this year and The body of the martyr ple turned up for the last to the martyrs. Ministers, Singh left behind his parents, Lakhvir Singh, who is also the vehicle carrying the mor- national flag were brought to he was renovating his house. reached the local Civil rites. They raised slogans in political leaders and local wife and a seven-month-old serving the CRPF. tal remains passed. his home in the morning. He had left for his place of Hospital late Friday evening. favour of the Central Reserve administration officials were son, who was born after a gap He is survived by his Maninder had a BTech Villagers, who thronged posting on February 10 after The mortal remains were later Police Force (CRPF) person- present when the last rites of eight years. Maninder Singh father Satpal Singh Attri, three degree and worked in an IT the house of the martyr to pay spending 10 days of his leave brought to Gandiwind village. firm in Bengaluru before join- their last respects, sought with the family. He had Besides the higher offi- ing the CRPF in 2015. His strong action against Pakistan. joined the 92nd battalion of cials of the CRPF, Union father was a retired Punjab Heart-wrenching scenes were the CRPF in 2014. Minister Vijay Goel and Roadways employee. witnessed as his family mem- Among those who attend- Punjab cabinet minister .&$ # # )% Prominent among those bers mourned. The fiancée of ed the cremation included Sukhbinder Singh who attended the cremation Kulwinder, who was among Punjab Assembly Speaker Sukhsarkaria were among included Punjab Transport the mourners, fainted when Rana K P Singh, SAD others who paid rich tributes ,2%6# minister and local MLA his body was brought home. spokesperson and former and laid wreaths on the mor- Aruna Chowdhary and for- Darshan Singh, father of minister Daljit Singh Cheema, tal remains of the martyr. ith hands folded in rev- mer state minister Mohan Kulwinder, was wearing his AAP MLA Amarjit Singh Sarkaria announced Rs Werence and head bowed Lal. son's jacket while holding his Sandoa, CRPF DIG 84th bat- 12 lakh from the state gov- in respect, Himachal Chief In Rupnagar, People bid a photograph. talion Amar Singh Negi and ernment besides a job for a Minister Jai Ram Thakur on tearful adieu to 26-year-old Seething with anger, vil- Rupnagar Deputy family member of the martyr. Saturday led the State in pay- ing last respect to Tilak Raj a CRPF personnel martyred in the Pulwama terror attack. Thakur visited the native village Jandro in Jawali area of Kangra district and prayed his Shimla: Tourist resorts of Kufri, Manali, early Friday," Manmohan Singh, Director of Tourists have started arriving in Manali last respect to the martyr Tilak Dalhousie and Kalpa in Himachal Pradesh the Meteorological office, told IANS. and nearby hills of Shimla. Shimla, which Raj by laying wreath on the received moderate snowfall turning them He said picturesque Kalpa, some 250 km saw 10.9 mm rain in the past 24 hours since coffin. more picturesque on Saturday. from here and Dalhousie experienced 7 cm Friday, recorded a minimum temperature Forty CRPF personnel Snow though continued to elude the and 24 cm of snow, respectively. of 2.9 degrees Celsius, while it was 3.6 were killed and five injured in Himachal Pradesh capital, as the weather Kufri, just 13 km uphill from here, had degrees in Dharamsala that got 21.4 mm of one of the deadliest terror office predicted a dry spell after Sunday with 7 cm of snow and saw a low of minus 1.5 rain. attacks in Jammu and Kashmir the western disturbances likely receding degrees Celsius. Keylong in Lahaiul-Spiti district was the on Thursday, when Jaish-e- from the region. High-altitude areas of Lahaul and Spiti, coldest in the state with a low of minus 12.8 Mohammed suicide bomber "Manali and the hills overlooking it Chamba, Mandi, Kullu, Kinnaur and Shimla degrees Celsius. It received 9 cm of snow. rammed a vehicle carrying experienced mild to moderate snow since districts have been experiencing snow. IANS explosives into their vehicle in ily. We will give whatever assis- Thakur said that apart his native village. People Pulwama district. tance they require, he said. from a financial assistance of thronged the martyr's house Consoling the martyr's The Chief Minister took Rs. 20 lakh to the kin of the to pay their last respect before father Layak Ram, mother, part in the last journey of the martyr the State government the coffin was carried for the & 0 0 wife and other family mem- martyr which was held with would provide all possible last rites. bers, the Chief Minister said full state honours at his native assistance to the family and Besides the Chief Minister, 42#&#>2 that martyr Tilak Raj laid village. government employment to Union Health Minister J.P. down his life for the nation's Villagers kept chanting the wife of the martyr. Nadda, former CM and MP he International Gita sake and in this hour of grief, "Shaheed Tilak Raj Amar A pall of gloom descend- Shanta Kumar, ministers in the TMahotsav, being organised the State government was Rahe" and also raised anti- ed on the village after the state government and MLAs at Port Louis, Mauritius con- solidly standing with the fam- Pakistan slogan. body of the martyr reached and officials were present. cluded on Saturday with a resolve that both India and Mauritius will popularise and spread the message of !" # $% & 2 Bhagwad Gita in the entire world. &$# According to a statement issued here, Acting President of Chandigarh: Haryana Mauritius, Paramasivum Pillay Government has decided to Vyapoory, Minister Mentor of revise the Non Practicing Mauritius Anerood Jugnauth, 42#&#>2 cern and can not be ignored," by FSSAI would be impressed Allowance (NPA) at the rate of Minister of Arts and Culture said Pannu. upon the FBOs, said Pannu. 20 per cent of Medical Officer, Prithvirajsing Roopun, ll big and small Food Under Tandrust Punjab The Commissioner Food Assistant Medical Officer, Senior Haryana Chief Minister ABusiness Operators (FBOs) Mission, healthy and hygienic Safety informed that the train- Medical Officer, Dental Surgeon Manohar Lal, saints, social, in Punjab would be imparted food is an area of primary ing would be imparted by an and Director of ESI Health Care religious and other organiza- India-Mauritius Trade and detailed and comprehensive the tradition of people com- training in wake of the glaring focus, so it has been decided to organisation registered with Department with effect from tions participated in this pro- Culture Forum and all other scripture and is solution to all ing here from India that they flaws observed during the provide intensive training to all the FSSAI as training partner May 1, 2018. gramme. organizations for the success- problems. Many problems-one after getting Gangajal (holy inspections conducted by the the FBOs registered with the and expression of interest has Capt Abhmanyu said that Anerood Jugnauth ful organization of this event. solution and that is Gita, he water of Ganga) from India Food Safety Teams in the past department, which includes been invited by the department CM has approved a proposal. expressed faith that the cultur- Chief Minister, Manohar said adding that similarly many immersed the same in the couple of months, KS Pannu, nearly one lac big and small from the interested organisa- The decision would benefit 272 al relations between India and Lal assured the people of question-one answer and that holy Ganga Talab of Commissioner Food Safety FBOs, the official said. tions. Soon the training would beneficiaries. The annual finan- Mauritius would be further Mauritius that Haryana would is Gita. Mauritius. Punjab said on Saturday. The training would focus be undertaken by the short- cial liability on account of this strengthened in the coming continue giving all out support Swami Gyananand said Those present on this occa- "It has been observed that on all the aspects of providing listed organisation. Pannu said revision would be over Rs 4.21 generations. He said that last and cooperation for the orga- that this Gita Mahotsav in sion included High FBOs knowingly or unknow- healthy and hygienic food, training would also be impart- crore. Those who would be eli- year they got an opportunity to nization of International Gita Mauritius would not be the last Commissioner of India in ingly overlook the norms laid do's and don'ts of processing ed to all the Rehriwalas serving gible for this allowance includ- hold Hindi Sammelan and this Mahotsav here. We called those such programme but it would Mauritius Tanmaya Lal, down by Food Safety and and cooking food, hygiene of food and snacks to the people ed government employee post- year we are fortunate enough to cities in India as mini India in form the base of further pro- Director General of Standards Authority of India. the work place and the work in markets and on roadsides. ed against a clinical post and organize first International Gita which people of different states moting it in other countries. Information, Public Relations Compromise with the food force as well as prohibition of However, it would be absolute- actually working against such a Mahotsav outside India. resides but he is getting to see He said that this pro- and Languages Department quality is a serious health con- usage ingredients of restricted ly free of cost for them. post, employee posted against a He also threw light on the a mini India outside India as gramme is being concluded Sameer Pal Srow, Member whole time post and employee significance of Gita and the people living here are con- with the Aarti of holy Ganga Secretary of Kurukshetra in whose case there is ample expressed gratitude to the State nected with maximum states of and Gita as the people of Development Board Vijay scope of undertaking private Government, Kurukshetra India. Mauritius has immense faith Singh Dahiya and other digni- practice. PNS Development Board, Gio Gita, He said that Gita is a in Ganga and Gita. It has been taries. 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8>8 ,2*9># Held in a packed Jubilee Hall, attacks and a subsequent can- Shashwat Maheshwari, with dle march followed to pray for he three-day annual cul- his quirks and mirths made the departed souls. Ttural fest of NIT sure that everyone had a good In reverence to these Kurukshetra in the college laugh. The Battle of Bands was heroes, the planned Star Night premises ended on a subdued held in the Open Air Theatre. was cancelled reinstating the note on Saturday in the wake In the wake of attacks at Institute’s belief that nothing is of the Pulwama terror attack. Pulwama, the fest was sub- above the love for our nation. In the evening, a stand-up dued and the celebrations The Valedictory comedy by Shashwat were put to a halt from the Ceremony of the fest was Maheshwari and the Battle of morning on Saturday. A conducted in the Jubilee Hall Bands, kept the audience moment of silence was with cultural presentations, entertained. The stand-up was observed by the NIT family in the award distribution cere- organized by the English front of the old administrative mony, and the Confluence Literary and Debate Club. building condemning the report. & "!& " ! !.
42#&#>2 microscopic minority in authority, neither the veg- Himachal Pradesh. etable growers were getting am Aadmi Party (AAP) Slamming the preceding remunerative price for their Aon Saturday expressed its SAD (Badal) government of produce nor consumers get- displeasure over substituting acting as a sitting duck over ting vegetables at cheaper Punjabi as second language the issue when Punjabi as sec- prices. While middlemen were with Sanskrit language in the ond language was substituted netting huge profits, the farm- state-run school in Himachal with Sanskrit and introduced ers were being forced to sell Pradesh, saying it would deny in Himachal Pradesh schools, their produce at rates cheap- the Punjabi-speaking people Cheema said its stoic silence er, he said. their legitimate rights. over this sensitive issue was Leader of opposition dangerous. . (LoP) in Punjab Vidhan // / Sabha, Harpal Singh Cheema . has written to chief minister of . . AAP has expressed its Punjab Capt Amarinder Singh / concern over the way sports urging him to broach the issue Senior Aam Aadmi Party persons in the state were being with his Himachal Pradesh (AAP) leader and Sunam treated, stating that the move counterpart to roll back and MLA, Aman Arora has writ- had led promising players with re-introduce Punjabi as second ten to Punjab chief minister no options but to play on language instead of Sanskrit Capt Amarinder Singh stress- behalf of others states. language there. Cheema said ing the need for setting up a In a statement on Friday, that he has yet to hear from regulatory authority to keep young MLAs, including him in this regard. the retail prices of vegetables Gurmit Singh (Meet Hayer), He said before 1966, uniform in the state. and Rupinder Ruby said that Himachal Pradesh was an In a letter written to CM, the government of Punjab, integral part of Punjab, with Arora said that the provision especially sports ministry had the areas like Hamirpur, would dispel the growing fear been turning a blind eye to Bilaspur, Solan Sirmaour, among the vegetable growers providing essential facilities to Shimla and Kangra predomi- of being exploited. them. In the absence of essen- nantly inhabited by the In a statement issued here tial facilities, promising play- Punjabis. He claimed that on Friday, Arora said that in ers were being forced to play Sanskrit was spoken by a the absence of a regulatory on behalf of other states. ( ( )*+ ,-). " #$ *: R .! $ $$ .%/ 2 + &*5 *62 O " ( against them. % & Addressing a Press con- nion Home Minister ) *& ( ference in Srinagar on Friday, &*5 *62 URajnath Singh on Saturday " #( Singh had said the security reviewed the security situation ( given to people getting funds he Delhi High Court has in the country, particularly in - ( (. from Pakistan and ISI should Tput on hold the operation Jammu and Kashmir, in the ( / ("0 be reviewed. of a Central Information wake of Pulwama terror attack “Some elements in Jammu Commission order directing in which 40 CRPF jawans P & Kashmir have links with the the HRD Ministry to re-for- killed when an explosive-laden ISI and the terrorist organisa- mulate the Bal Shree scheme SUV hit the paramilitary con- Kashmir administration, tions. Their security should be for selecting meritorious chil- voy two days back. another official said. reviewed,” he had said. dren from among students During the meeting, top The security review of all Forty CRPF personnel who are members of Bal security officials briefed the such individuals linked to were killed and five others Bhavans in the country. Home Minister about the pre- the ISI will be carried out fol- injured on Thursday in an Justice A K Bhambani vailing situation in the country. lowing a suggestion given by audacious terror strike in stayed the CIC November 19, O&:<!5:&4%- making at the district, state and The officials gave a detailed the Central government, he Jammu & Kashmir when a 2018, direction to the Human %4&7#>&47:&7((:#!7 national level which requires a account of the security situa- said. The Home Secretary of Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide Resource Development (HRD) 8&<79&%%(#%4:%- complete revamp and refor- tion, including along the Indo- Jammu and Kashmir bomber rammed a vehicle car- Ministry till the next date of mulation of the policy”. Pak border to Singh, Home -. % +! & 0 Government will conduct rying explosives/inflammable hearing on May 27. #%&%&7(7&%!7& The commission’s direc- Ministry officials said. +! ! # ! & ) the review of the security of gas into buses of a paramilitary The court also issued :4@$4#&:!8>% tions had come while hearing & .0/ + & Amid inputs of Pakistani separatists and will take a deci- convoy in Pulwama district. notices to the RTI applicant on 4&8>&7(45!48$&%!7 a parent’s plea seeking infor- terror groups further exploiting sion on withdrawal of protec- The ill-fated bus was part of a whose plea the commission mation regarding the Bal Shree the situation in the backdrop of another official said. Pulwama district. tion, an Intelligence official convoy of 78 vehicles carrying had passed the order and the !5%>!:P awards scheme and the process Pulwama attack, the meeting Those who attended the Massive protests and can- said. the CRPF personnel from National Bal Bhavan, which is of conducting district-level took stock of the security meeting include National dlelight marches were held on The State Government will Jammu to Srinagar. an autonomous body under the direction to re-formulate the selections for the scheme by the measures in place to foil any Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Friday in different parts of the do the security review of the Prime Minister Narendra HRD Ministry. scheme when the government Hyderabad district. design of the Pak-based Union Home Secretary Rajiv country against the attack and separatists as most of them Modi had on Friday said those The order came on the was not even a party before the According to the HRD terrorist groups to disturb Gauba and Director of curfew was imposed in Jammu have security being provided by responsible for the attack will ministry’s plea, filed through Central Information ministry’s plea, Jawaharlal peace in Jammu and Kashmir Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Jain city following violence during the Jammu & Kashmir Police. pay “a very heavy price” and advocate Rahul Sharma, chal- Commission (CIC). Nehru in 1956 “founded the as well as in hinterland, an offi- among others. demonstrations there. The separatists have a major security forces will be given a lenging the commission’s deci- The commission had Bal Bhavan and the activities cial said. Forty CRPF personnel Meanwhile, security of role in vitiating the security free hand to deal with the ter- sion on the ground that the directed the ministry to revise started in a tin shed at The Home Minister direct- were killed and five injured Kashmiri separatists having environment through their vit- rorists. direction was issued without the scheme and place it on its Turkman Gate, Delhi giving a ed the officials to ensure that all in one of the deadliest suspected links with Pakistani riolic speeches and providing In a hard-hitting speech, hearing the Government. website within 60 days of start to a nationwide mission possible steps are taken to terror attacks in Jammu & intelligence agency Inter- shelter to the jeahdis besides Modi said the “blood of the The Ministry, also repre- receipt of the order. for creative enhancement of hunt down terrorists, especial- Kashmir on Thursday, by a Services Intelligence (ISI) will channelising terror funds, people is boiling and forces sented by advocate C K Bhatt, The CIC was of the view children through playing and ly the high value ones current- Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide be withdrawn after an assess- sources said, adding the NIA is behind the act of terrorism will contended that the commission that there was a “lack of clari- doing different activities in a ly operating in Kashmir valley, bomber in South Kashmir’s ment by the Jammu and probing terror funding cases be definitely punished”. could not have issued any ty, transparency and decision child friendly environment”. 078 '(# )
$? 2>#& .>#7#,92#&/ (ALH) and efficacy of the 2;< Akash surface-to-air missile he Indian Air Force and Astra air-to-air missile. &*5 *62 TSaturday carried out a mega Fighter jets and helicopters exercise here involving almost hit targets during day and n the wake of isolated reports all variants of its fighter jets and night. It was for the first Ifrom some part of the coun- attack helicopters, in a fire time, the ALH and the Akash try that students and people power demonstration near the were deployed in a military from Jammu & Kashmir expe- border with Pakistan. exercise. riencing threats and intimida- The exercise came two The IAF also deployed the tion after Pulwama terror days after 40 CRPF personnel upgraded MiG-29 fighter jet in attack, the Ministry of Home were killed in a suicide attack an air-to-ground role during Affairs (MHA) on Saturday in Kashmir’s Pulwama by the exercise. A total of 137 air- asked all the States and Union Pakistan-based terror group craft including Su-30s, Mirage Territories to take necessary Jaish-e-Mohammed. 2000s, Jaguars, Mig-21 Bison, steps to ensure their safety Prime Minister Narendra Mig-27, Mig-29, IL78, and security. Modi on Friday said security Hercules, AN-32 aircraft par- The advisory came hours forces have been given full ticipated. after Home Minister Rajnath O "" - ( Modi said the matter was being freedom to retaliate against Army Chief Gen Bipin Singh assured an all party 0 (# / investigated. Around 1,200 the attack. Rawat, defence attaches of sev- meeting of doing the needful & ( ( (2 Kashmiri students have been In the Vayu Shakti exercise, eral countries and top officials for the protection of the studying in various education- the IAF showcased fire power of defence ministry also wit- Kashmiri students and people // ... al institutions in Ambala dis- capability of indigenously- nessed the exercise. Cricket leg- who were allegedly threatened / ( ( trict while around 120 of them developed platforms like Light end Sachin Tendulkar, who is after the terrorist attack in 3 ( ( studying in MM Mulana Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, an honorary group captain of Pulwama in which 40 CRPF ( / (/ University. Advanced Light Helicopter the IAF, was also present. +) # ! O* + ) 456P &) % + & jawans were killed. The advi- ( ( " -"" The Jammu and Kashmir sory directs all Chief Secretaries 0 / ( ( Police said anyone from the and Director General of Police P state who is living outside and (DGP) of states and Union needs assistance can contact * +# Territories(UT) to maintain Mulana village sarpanch them. People on social media law and order situation. Naresh Rana of Ambala district also posted several helpline A Home Ministry official in Haryana could be heard ask- numbers (0194-2451515). said there have been some ing villagers to evict Kashmiri Former Jammu and reports of students and other tenants. The village head Kashmir Chief Minister Omar residents of Jammu and alleged that some Kashmiri Abdullah also requested the Kashmir experiencing threats students were involved in “sus- centre to ensure security for &*5 *62 Bureau (NCB) or the police Enforcement Directorate’s and intimidation. “Therefore, picious activities”. “The vil- people from the state who are under the Narcotic Drugs and zonal and regional offices the Home Ministry today lagers have been asked to vacate living across the country. Special Task Force (STF) Psychotropic Substances across the country. issued an advisory to all Kashmiri students from the Abdullah also met Home ?6 #9# Banerjee said “this is unit- Ahas been created in the ED, (NDPS) Act. They said the ED is work- states/UTs to take necessary rented accommodation... In Minister Rajnath Singh and ed India,” iterating, “we stand The central agency that The scheme of the anti- ing on over two dozen such measures to ensure their safe- case it is not done the person apprised the reports of ndia was united at its hour of united with the families of the enforces the PMLA and FEMA money laundering law man- cases at present. ty and security,” the official said. in whose residence such stu- Kashmiri students being Igrief, Bengal Chief Minister CRPF jawans who lost their laws in the country, to speedi- dates that the ED cannot inde- The central agency, that According to reports, some dents are living will be consid- harassed and threatened and Mamata Banerjee on Saturday lives in the line of duty.” ly probe money laundering pendently file a criminal com- functions under the Union students from Kashmir putting ered as a traitor,” the sarpanch urged to appoint a nodal offi- said at the end of a long can- Two jawans from Bengal, cases emerging from illegal plaint under the PMLA but has Finance Ministry, is empow- up in rented accommodations is heard saying. cer for the same. “Just met dle-light march organized by one from Nadia and the other narcotics trade. to base its FIR on a predicate ered to enforce the PMLA and or hostels in Dehradun and According to reports, half Union Home Minister Rajnath the ruling Trinamool from East Midnapore mar- Officials said ED Director offence booked by any anoth- the Foreign Exchange Haryana have asked by land- a dozen Kashmiri students Singh Sb to personally pay my Congresss denouncing the ter- tyred in the attack. Sanjay Kumar Mishra has er law enforcement agency Management Act (FEMA) in lords and administrators have been shifted to the hostel condolences for the tragic rorist attack on CRPF person- A Bevy of TMCF leaders ordered for the creation of the under the IPC or other laws. the country. respectively to vacate. They of the Maharishi deaths in Pulwama on nel in Pulwama in J&K. including a large number of first-ever STF in the agency and All the have alleged of being harassed Markandeshwar Mulana Thursday. I requested him to Banerjee who led hun- women joined Banerjee in the it will be headed by a special past cases after the Pulwama attack. After University after the purported take all steps necessary to dreds of her followers from march wearing black director-rank officer based at registered the reports, authorities from video appeared. Vishal Garg, ensure Jammu remains calm Hazra crossing in South badges and covering their faces its headquarters in Delhi. under this Jammu and Kashmir Police one of the trustees of the uni- (sic),”Abdullah tweeted after Kolkata to the Mahatma with black stripes and chanti- The STF team will com- category have spoken to the authorities versity, located in Mulana said his 30 minutes meeting with Gandhi statue said terror had ng the slogal\n of “vande prise of a joint director, deputy (narcotics concerned in Dehradun Police. a few Kashmiri students of the the Home Minister. no religion and that “we are mataram.” directors and others as part of and drugs) Aapolice spokesperson said in university had requested him to Another former chief min- against any kind of terrorism in Banerjee had also asked the new setup. and those to Dehradun, that they are in provide them accommodation ister, Mehbooba Mufti, asked any country of the world.” her party leaders from districts The force will specifically be taken up touch with student representa- in the hostel. They had been the Home Minister to take About 44 CRPF jawans to organize silent marches in look into past and probable in the future tives from Jammu and provided proper accommoda- steps to prevent intimidation were martyred in suicide attack the districts and block levels cases of illegal narcotics trade, will be dealt Kashmir. tion, he said. and harassment of students launched by a terrorist of apparently to show solidarity drug crime syndicates and by the new In another video that has Meanwhile, from Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan-sponsored Jaish-e- with the families of the mar- hawala transactions that have STF which surfaced on social media, Superintendent of Police Astha Muhammad. tyred jawans. national and international links will have and such instances will be authority to dealt under the Prevention of conduct Money Laundering Act pan-India 1 " # 0 1 (PMLA), they said. action, by The agency estimates that taking assis- a number of terror financing tance from &*5 *62 the farmers. regions of North India this has affected the overall pulses less than 34 lh as compared to cases have their roots in the ille- “Intense’ disturbance is month left wheat and other cultivation, which came to 39.64 lh in the same week last gal trade of narcotics transport, he India Meteorological expected to check into the crops partly damaged even as 156.3 lh, nearly six per cent year. sale, purchase and smuggling TDepartment (IMD) pre- Western Himalayan region the rabi planting data released lower than 166 lh in the corre- Currently, El Nino neutral and hence it was decided to dicted western disturbances from Sunday and extend asso- by the Agriculture Ministry sponding week last year. conditions are prevailing over work on these cases on prior- will continue to impact the hills ciated severe weather over the indicated a shortfall of four per Winter rice, on the equatorial Pacific Ocean and ity and with dedicated focus. and plains of North-West India plains during Tuesday next to cent in area as compared to the other hand, was down by 14 the latest Monsoon Mission The agency over the last right until the end of the Thursday. corresponding week last year. per cent mainly because of the Climate Forecast System one year has also obtained month. The continued The hills of Western As against 643.6 lakh hectares subdued planting in the (MMCFS) output indicates that conviction in at least two such passage of these disturbances Himalayas might experience (lh) planted in the same week States of Andhra Pradesh, weak El Niño conditions are PMLA cases which were regis- will result in precipitation widespread rain/snow with iso- previous year, the area covered Tamil Nadu and Telangana. likely to develop in the coming tered by it after taking cogni- over hills of North-West India lated heavy to very heavy falls during the current rabi season The area covered under months and continue for a sance of the predicate offence and adjoining plains on during this period. Adjoining stood at 617.8 lh,. winter rice till this week was short period. filed by the Narcotics Control almost all days into the last plains, Central and East India According to Punjab week of the month (February would also receive rains due to Government, the State 22-28). the passage of this system’, it experienced widespread mod- Western disturbance activ- said. erate to heavy rainfall along ity has been known to peak in According to Skymet, after with storm and some districts late winter (February). Studies giving widespread rain and such as Fatehgarh Sahib, have shown that the western thundershower activities over Hoshiyarpur, Kapurthala, disturbances are more likely to the eastern regions of India like Ludhiana, Patiala, Ropar occur during the winter than East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and and Ferozpur reported light other months. Jharkhand, the focus has now hailstorm that damaged some February witnessed third shifted over to West Bengal and area of wheat, sarson, vegeta- western disturbance this year Odisha. bles and rabi fodder in these till date. One is expected on Duo untimely rainfall and districts. Sunday. hailstorm in the past two weeks Nearly 10 per cent drop in These rains will be harm- this month Moderate and gram cultivation, reported ful for the Rabi crop. Hailstorm heavy rainfall together with mainly from Maharashtra, activity may bring quite loss for hailstorm experienced in some which is hit by a major drought, ( ( )*+ ,-). "4 , - & ) " ) "" 7 Isfahan (Iran): Iran's targeted a busload of province, according to Tasnim Revolutionary Guards accused Revolutionary Guards in the news agency. Aged from 21 to Washington: Exuding confi- . "Pakistan's security forces" of volatile southeastern province 52, each will be buried in his dence ahead of his high-profile supporting the perpetrators of of Sistan-Baluchistan, which hometown after the funeral in meeting with Kim Jong-un a suicide bombing that killed 27 straddles the border with Isfahan city. later this month, US President London: Junior foreign min- Salisbury on March 4 which troops on Wednesday, in Pakistan. The assault came as the Donald Trump has said the sec- isters from Britain and Russia Britain has blamed on remarks state TV aired Saturday The attack was one of the troops were returning from a ond summit will be a "very suc- met in Germany on Saturday Moscow. hours before their funeral was deadliest on Iranian security border patrol mission on a cessful one" as he has estab- in the highest-level contact The attempted assassina- held. forces in recent years and came personnel bus near Zahedan. lished a "very good" relation- between the two countries tion of Sergei Skripal, which "Pakistan's government, just days after Iran held more Of the 13 wounded in the ship with the North Korean since an alleged nerve agent Britain said was done using a who has housed these anti-rev- than a week of celebrations for attack two are in the intensive leader. attack in Britain last March Soviet era nerve agent olutionaries and threats to the 40th anniversary of the care unit of an Isfahan hospital. President Trump and froze diplomatic relations. Novichok, plunged relations to Islam, knows where they are Islamic Revolution, which over- Sistan-Baluchistan has long Chairman Kim are scheduled Britain's Minister for their lowest ebb in decades. and they are supported by threw the US-backed shah. been a flashpoint, where to meet in Hanoi, Vietnam on Europe Alan Duncan held The attack killed a British Pakistan's security forces," said Jafari also blasted "the sup- Pakistan-based Baluchi sepa- February 27 and 28. talks with Russia's First woman who came into contact Revolutionary Commander port that the region's reac- ratists and jihadists carry out The two leaders had met (weapons). Got back our border, have really been at Deputy Foreign Minister with the Novichok, as well as Major General Mohammad Ali tionary states Saudi Arabia and cross-border raids. on June 12 last year in remains, the remains of our least partially living up to what Vladimir Titov on the margins injuring several others includ- Jafari, referring to jihadist group the Emiratis" maintain for "con- A Revolutionary Guard Singapore for the first summit. great heroes from the Korean they're supposed to be doing," of the Munich Security ing a policeman. Jaish al-Adl ("Army of Justice"). spiracies" that he said were was killed and five wounded in Trump described his first-ever War. We got back our he said. Conference, according to the Among a raft of respons- "If (the Pakistan govern- ordered by Israel and America. a February 2 attack claimed by historic meeting with Kim as hostages," Trump told reporters "So we will have a meeting foreign office in London. es, London suspended all ment) does not punish them, "We will certainly follow Jaish al-Adl on a base of the "really fantastic" and said they at the White House on Friday. on the 27th and 28th of "Alan underlined that we planned high-level bilateral we will retaliate against this retaliatory measures," he added, Basij militia in the town of had agreed to sign an unspec- "We hope we are going to February, and I think that will have deep differences, and the contacts between the two anti-revolutionary force, and without elaborating. Nikshahr, some way from the ified document after their "very be very much equally as suc- be a very successful one. I look Russian state would need to countries, and cancelled min- whatever Pakistan sees will be Iran's supreme leader border. positive" summit, aimed at cessful. I'm in no rush for forward to seeing Chairman choose a different path and act isters and members of the the consequence of its support Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has One of the wounded — normalising ties and complete speed. We just don't want test- Kim. We have also established as a responsible international royal family attending last for them," he warned. linked the perpetrators of the Khodarahm Heidari, who was denuclearisation of the Korean ing," he said. a very good relationship, which partner before there can be a summer's World Cup in His comments came ahead attack to "the spying agencies of critically wounded in that attack peninsula. Noting that the sanctions has never happened between change in our current rela- Russia. of a planned two-day visit to some regional and trans- — passed away on Saturday, "I hope we have the same against North Koreans remain him or his family and the tionship with Russia," it said in "(The) minister reiterated Pakistan — due to begin on regional countries". semi-official news agency ISNA good luck as we had in the first in place, Trump said both United States. They have real- a statement. the UK's and Allies' firm Sunday — by Mohammed bin Isfahan's major streets were reported. summit. China and Russia were helping ly taken advantage of the The meeting is the first stance in response to the Salman, the crown prince of covered with black flags On January 29 three mem- A lot was done in the first the US and he was also work- United States. Billions of dol- between ministers from the Russian state's reckless use of Iran's regional arch-rival Saudi attached to lamp-posts as the bers of an Iranian bomb squad summit. No more rockets going ing closely with South Korea lars has been paid to them. And two countries following the chemical weapons in Arabia. city prepared for the funeral sent to the scene of an explosion up. No more missiles going up. and Japan. we won't let that happen," said poisoning of a former Russian Salisbury," the foreign office The general made the and two days of mourning. in the provincial capital No more testing of nuclear "But China, Russia, on the the US President. PTI spy in the English city of added in its statement. AFP remarks in Isfahan City on Vans fixed with loudspeak- Zahedan were wounded when Friday evening during a farewell ers cruised streets, inviting peo- a second device blew up as they ceremony held for those killed. ple to attend the ceremony. were trying to defuse it, police Jaish al-Adl was formed in "Honourable people of said at the time. -+# + )"!% 8 ) 2012 as a successor to the Isfahan, we invite you to attend And in early December two Sunni extremist group the funeral of 27 of your brave people were killed and around Jundallah (Soldiers of God), sons, the martyrs of the home- 40 others wounded in the port Munich: German Chancellor Russia to exert their influ- the US would create a vacuum which waged a deadly insur- land's security", the speakers city of Chabahar, also in Sistan- Angela Merkel warned on ence?" Merkel said at the in Syria that could benefit its gency for a decade before it was blared, according to an AFP Baluchistan, in an attack which Saturday that Washington's Munich Security Conference. enemy Iran, calling the severely weakened by the cap- reporter. Iran's Foreign Minister plan to swiftly pull its soldiers Pentagon chief Patrick approach a "mystery". ture and execution of its leader The troops killed in the Mohammad Javad Zarif blamed out of Syria risks allowing Shanahan on Friday pledged And the US has won no Abdolmalek Rigi by Tehran in bombing belonged to the on "foreign-backed terrorists" — Russia and Iran to boost their ongoing backing for the fight solid pledges of support for a 2010. Guards' 14th Imam Hussein a reference to Sunni Muslim role in the region. against IS — but kept allies proposed observer force to The Wednesday bombing Division based in Isfahan extremists. AFP Islamic State group fight- guessing as to how that would stay on in northeast Syria ers have been boxed in to a be achieved once US forces pull when the US pullls out to scrap of land in the battle for out. ensure the safety of Syrian their last remaining territory Belgian Foreign Minister Kurdish fighters. in northeastern Syria and their Didier Reynders said the US A French government final defeat is expected immi- had told partners in the glob- source criticised the Trump nently. al anti-IS coalition that its administration's approach to Once they are defeated, US soldiers would leave in "weeks the withdrawal as "we're leav- forces are set to soon withdraw on the fight. gling to convince allies to stay rather than months". ing, you're staying". after President Donald Trump "The United States will on in Syria after it leaves and The decision has stunned "They're trying to manage in December announced the continue to work with all our Merkel warned of the risks of allies including France, which the consequences of a hasty pullout of around 2,000 allies to hunt down the rem- leaving a vacuum in the region. contributes artillery and about decision and making us carry troops. nants of ISIS wherever and "Is it a good idea for the 1,200 troops in the region, the responsibility," the source Washington says it will whenever they rear their ugly Americans to suddenly and including soldiers who train said, adding that coalition maintain a presence in the heads," Pence said, using quickly withdraw from Syria? Iraqi forces. members were united in reject- region, with Vice-President another name for the jihadists. Or will it once more strength- French Foreign Minister ing the idea of staying on in Mike Pence pledging to carry But Washington is strug- en the capacity of Iran and Jean-Yves Le Drian asked why Syria when the US leaves. AFP Q Q 0 $R Ankara: President Recep Tayyip London: The UK referendum Erdogan said Turkey would not vote to leave the European "turn back" on a deal with Teknaf (Bangladesh): Some Mohammad Javed Patwary Union (EU) may have been dri- Moscow to buy Russian S-400 102 Bangladeshi meth dealers said authorities would advo- ven by people's distrust of missile defence systems in com- have surrendered to authori- cate for lesser prison sen- international organisations, ments published on Saturday. ties at a pre-scheduled cere- tences for those who had sur- alongside the fear of immigra- Turkey's push to buy the mony in a coastal town, offi- rendered, and would "assist" tion, a study has found. systems has raised questions cials said on Saturday, as a them in returning to normal Researchers from the among NATO allies over their Philippines-style anti-narcotics life. University of Kent in the UK compatibility with alliance crackdown sows fear among But he promised "harsh found that Euroscepticism is tions. equipment as well as concerns kingpins. upcoming days" for those who not only shaped by attitudes They found that people over the burgeoning relation- Bangladesh last year had stayed away. towards immigration and feel- with higher levels of both these ship between Erdogan and launched a "war" on drugs fol- "Those who are in hiding, ings of national identity but characteristics in their ideo- Russian President Vladimir lowing a proliferation of ille- don't get carried away. You'll also by opposition towards UK logical outlook were less sup- Putin. gal substances in the South not be spared," he told the involvement in transnational portive of supranationalism, "We agreed a deal with Asian nation of 165 million mass gathering of several organisations such as the EU. were more Eurosceptic, and Russia on the S-400, so for us to people, mostly of cheap thousand locals who came to Supranationalism is found it more important that turn back from the deal is out methamphetamine pills witness the event. defined as the transfer of power the UK 'takes back control'. of the question. This is a done known as "yaba". Teknaf is situated in Cox's from the national to the supra- This manifested itself in a deal," Erdogan said, quoted by Police said 24 yaba "god- Bazar district — home to national level, leading to preference for 'prioritising con- CNN Turk broadcaster. fathers", as well as lieutenants around a million Rohingya increased dependence on for- trol' in any post-Brexit scenario The United States in and peddlers, surrendered to refugees - bordering Myanmar. eign political partners and among those with a negative December approved the sale of the country's home minister in Cox's Bazar is flooded increased social and cultural attitude towards the concept of $3.5 billion in missiles to Turkey, Teknaf town — the key gate- with yaba, with many of the exchange. supranationalism. which followed Washington way for smuggling yaba into Rohingya refugees used as The team considered study This included 'bringing anger over Turkey's intention to the country from Myanmar, "mules" for carrying the pills. respondents' ideological pre- back control of our laws to buy Russian systems. where the pills are manufac- The pills have become an dispositions, particularly pref- Parliament' and 'bringing back Turkey was "open" to buy- tured by the millions. easy source of income for the erences for cultural traditions control of decisions over immi- ing US Patriot missiles, Erdogan The dealers also surren- Rohingya, some 740,000 of and loyalty to national author- gration to the UK'. told Turkish journalists on dered 350,000 vanilla-scented, whom have poured across the ity and a desire for group-based Another indicator was age, board his plane from the south- small red yaba pills — whose border since Myanmar dominance and hierarchy in with older respondents also ern Russian city of Sochi after name comes from a Thai word launched a military crack- society to see whether these more likely to have a negative a three-way summit on Syria meaning "crazy medicine" — down in August 2017 that the predicted negative attitudes attitude towards the concept of with his Russian and Iranian and 30 illegal firearms. 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Berlin: German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday he will seek to ban con- version therapies that claim to change sexual orientation. "Homosexuality is not an illness, which is why it does not need to be treated," Spahn, who is gay himself, told the Berlin daily left-leaning daily Die Tageszeitung (taz). He hoped that a German law banning such therapies could be adopted by the mid- dle of the year. Conversion therapies have view images of homosexual The health minister is Union, only Malta and some spread in the United States and acts. counting on support from his Spanish regions have banned have been used by parents of "I do not believe in these colleagues if and when a vote the practices outright. homosexual or transgender therapies, mainly owing to my is taken. In March 2018, a large adolescents against their will. own homosexuality," said "I cannot imagine there is majority of European Some techniques involve Spahn, who represents the a partisan of conversion ther- Parliament deputies nonethe- injections of large doses of right wing of Chancellor apies in my parliamentary less adopted a non-binding testosterone, while others apply Angela Merkel's conservative group," he said. text that called on member electric shocks to people as they CDU party. Within the European states to outlaw them. AFP ( ( )*+ ,-). 5 ( ( )*+ ,-). (3 6
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But Perera and Fernando Mushtaq Ahmed for Pakistan Vidarbha has now become ri Lanka pulled off a had other ideas and took the "N against Australia 25 years ago. the third team after Mumbai Sstunning against-the-odds inexperienced tourists - M &( " Sri Lanka's scintillating and Karnataka to clinch two run chase with a record last- written off at the start of the victory also gave it a 1-0 lead Irani Cup titles in a row. wicket partnership of 78 to series - to a thrilling victory on in the short two-Test series and Set a tricky target of 280, beat South Africa by one the fourth day. Even Dale ended South Africa's run of Vidarbha were well and truly on wicket in the first Test on Steyn and top-ranked test up in the air to celebrate seven straight home series course at 269 for five, needing Saturday. bowler Kagiso Rabada couldn't $*>*># one of the best innings wins in dramatic fashion. only 11 runs for an outright Kusal Perera almost single- break their last stand. $89 ?& GJ 0?> 92* ever by a Sri Lankan, Almost nobody thought victory. However the two teams handedly won the game with Perera scored 67 of those 0?8>92 54 *9 592 and one of the victory would be possible decided to shake hands and his 153 not out, but No 11 78 runs for the last wicket and * 89#&9 ?,2#? team's most when South Africa spinner settle for a draw. 9 + " batsman Vishwa Fernando won it with a late cut down to 0*>&#&? .B/ #& 1< 0?> 92* remarkable Keshav Maharaj had Kasun The victory was a testimony . played a crucial role as he hung the boundary for four, ,O92 54 *9 592 victories. Rajitha lbw for 1 to leave Sri to Vidarbha's teamwork as they around for 27 balls for his 6 not prompting Sri Lankan players 2#&#&7#@# * ,6)# .;J/ It was Perera's Lanka 226-9. &8 %# /4#%%% defeated a Rest of India side out to allow Perera to take Sri to sprint from the dressing *0?>* 2, *O9>#?>&#>@ career-best score, At the time, Perera was on comprising Ajinkya Rahane, Lanka home. room out onto the pitch to just his second test 86. But he threw caution to the > J 1 "00 "0 "& 1% %"0%"0 " %0"0% 1 % " + & " 0 $ 0 %0 L " "1" 7 9 ! " $4&<&8P# 4!# 58!4>!>$7(4#%&7(% 4!$98(%&%!7->4#!7& &4!$7(&:!7:>%%&%%7(#%! #:7:!5!-%4&# %4&7#5!48&%!7-&7($74#& (!>&7%4&&4!5:!8>% !8&7&#>:%#!5%&47!$4 !-$8&7'79#:&7 %&:>&##79&4L'4%(&# :!7%4!-&7(%$#&(&>>45 :!77:%%%4!7#!$ & ! " 9 ! ! 2%#&,2 ,2#>%# %&''()&&*R !" # !!$ n February 9, Rupesh Paul dropped a teaser for his upcoming movie based on the life of Rahul Gandhi titled My Name is RaGa. The film is due to be released in April, just Oin time for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Just two days prior to this, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had released the official film poster of an upcoming Narendra Modi biopic to be directed by Omung Kumar of Mary Kom fame. This year has already seen the release of Thackeray, a biopic based on the life of Shiv Sena firebrand, the late Balasaheb Thackeray; The Accidental Prime Minister directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, which tracks the tenure of Dr Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister of India between 2004 and 2014; and Kangana Ranaut starrer Manikarnika based on the life of Rani Lakshmibai. The phenomenon is not limited to this year either. The year 2018 saw the release of several biopics, including Pad 92, &*5 4&*%# Man, Sanju, Soorma, and Manto, and the genre ,98#9* 9,*60 & has been gaining steady rise for over half a decade now. How do we account for this seem- ,%#66 9?5&, >*$6*9* shift in public discourse. Popular Bollywood ingly sudden surge in the popularity of the 592 ,9?>*, ?0 cinema in the recent decades has recalibrated genre? Why are Bollywood producers and audi- itself; moving away from its position in newly- ences alike smitten with biopics of late? ,?4#6 #& *4?&?%4 independent India as an instrumental opinion- Biopics were not a particularly attractive #,$>#9?&, #& 9, shaper, it has adopted for itself a more subdued genre for Bollywood producers and directors reflective role. It’s no wonder then that earlier even less than a decade ago when Paan Singh 8&P8* ,*9 ?0 %?>#6 films shied away from explicit politics. The conditions without ruffling many feathers. rer Mary Kom (2014) garnered both critical and Tomar was released in 2012. They were scat- #& &0>#,9>8498>#6 spike in NRI movies during this period is not Think of it this way: Lipstick Under My Burkha commercial success, earning over 56 crore. tered in Bollywood’s neglected “serious” cinema coincidental, as multiple academics have consis- and Dangal both came out in 2016, and both The commercial success of sports biopics by-lanes: Films that usually steered clear of por- 42#66*&*," 92* tently noted. Cinema became a reflection of movies tried to capture the many kinds of resulted in a flurry of similar films vying to traying contemporary political actors, and often ?,94 $>?7*49 desires; so when the new middle class, itself a oppressions that continue to beleaguer women, cash in on the opportunity. Dangal, M.S. Dhoni, chose to portray fictional interpretations of his- >*P8>*, &*#9 2*>?*, product of globalisation, desired to see the ulti- especially in a small town context. They were and Sachin: A Billion Dreams were made on torical figures. Think of The Legend of Bhagat mate dream of desi mobility against Western both reasonably well made films and both budgets that were huge compared to Paan Singh Singh (2002), or Mangal Pandey: The Rising #& )66#&, 9 backdrops on the silver screen, Bollywood were declared blockbusters, yet while one of Tomar, and they all made upwards of 50 crore. (2005). Contrast this to Hollywood cinema of >*P8>*, &,$>& delivered. There was limited scope for mean- them was heavily censored by the Certification It’s an easy logic to follow — these sport stars the time when the Academy Award for best ingful engagement with contemporary politics Board for being “lady oriented”, the other was are celebrities with huge followings. They female actor went to Reese Witherspoon in ,9?>*, ?0 ,8>))#6 in such narratives. Indian biopics rarely allow declared tax-exempt in certain States. ensure quick publicity, assured audience, and 2006 for her portrayal of June Carter in Walk 9 &)?6)*, for fancy foreign locales, and so it’s no wonder The story of the Indian biopic boom is therefore, huge profit margins. But big bucks the Line, and in 2007, to Helen Mirren for her that the Hindi film industry sidelined the genre. incomplete without a discussion of profits. don’t just make big profits, they also sanitise. performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The %@92%# & 89 The global recession of 2008, while it did- ‘Critical’ cinema in the Indian film industries These newer movies may have all been Queen. Hollywood’s romance with biopics as # ?)* #66 9 *%#&, n’t have much impact on the Indian economy, usually refers to films that do well at the festivals sports biopics, but they were a long way away potential Oscar-bait is an open secret; it allows changed the configuration of Indian politics. and scoop National Awards, but perform poorly from the Tigmanshu Dhulia film. Paan Singh actors to display their acting prowess in terms # ,*&,* ?0 ? With global economy in decline, the momen- at the box office. They’re usually produced at Tomar was a sportsman who turned bandit due of both physical impersonation as well as $>* & 92*,* ,9?>*, tum of growth and development from the first shoestring budgets, and if a film is lucky, it may to the institutional indifference of Government through nuanced interpretations of the motiva- UPA term dipped. We know the story, of sometimes do better than just recovering the machinery towards people in his position. It’s a tions of their real-life counterparts. course: A weak Congress embroiled in multi- cost of production. Shahid (2013) was made on masterful and empathetic insight into the char- In Bollywood, on the other hand, even in ple corruption allegations lost to a much a budget of 65 lakh, its total collection was acter of a much reviled and feared baaghi, an the event that the film was based on the real stronger NDA. However, this wasn’t merely a about 3.6 crore; Paan Singh Tomar (2012) “anti-national” if one was to use the political life of a contemporary figure, the film was change in political Governments. Bollywood made on a budget of 4.5 crore collected 20 language of our time. M.S. Dhoni and Sachin: produced as a drama rather than a biopic. aligned itself with the cultural ideology of the crore. These were peanuts, of course, compared A Billion Dreams are stories of one-in-million Mani Ratnam’s Guru (2007), for instance, ruling party, which strongly favoured an to the profits of big-budget movies; Dabangg cricket players, who were able to make it in a though rumoured to be based on the life of involved nationalistic revival. This new cinema (2010) had an opening day collection of 14.5 system that is otherwise stacked against them. business tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani, was never situated itself in small towns replete with sto- crore. And yet, in scale with their budgets, these You wouldn’t know it after watching these films, promoted as such. And yet, just a decade later, ries of social and economic aspirations, and its films seemed to be doing quite well. Manjhi though. They follow the recognisable format of there is a slew of movies based on the real-life unique set of moral and infrastructural chal- (2015) earned double its budget of 8.5 crore, building a story of rags to riches, or obscurity stories of sportspersons, film actors, and con- lenges. The nationalistic project requires neat though Hansal Mehta’s widely acclaimed Aligarh to fame. They are stories of struggle, personal temporary politicians, including those who heroes and villains, it requires inspiring stories (2015) — which was released in India in failures, and efforts that overcome them. are yet to professionally retire. of survival, it involves mythmaking, but above February 2016 — failed to even recover its cost. One reason for this massive change in the all, it demands a sense of national pride in But 2013 also saw Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, which way films are produced and marketed is the these stories. The biopic genre fulfils these grossed over 100 crore. Priyanka Chopra star- $$ 526* 9>#)*66& @ 9>#& 9? $>*9?># #&2 K *,$9* 4#>>@& # 0>,9 46#,, 94 *9 K 5#, hiyux 92>?5& ?89 ?0 92* 9>#& *4#8,* 2* 5#, #& &#& %&'( &'( ) ' & #! O P % O ! !" # !F he Swadeshi Movement was a result of the Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon in 1905. Conceived as an administrative readjustment of boundaries, it Twas overshadowed by political consider- ations. The movement formally began on August 7 at the historic Town Hall meet- ing in Calcutta, presided over by Maharaja Mahindra Chandra Nandi and addressed by Surendranath Banerjee. The protest took the form of boycott of foreign goods and the patronage of indigenous products popularly known as swadeshi. All classes of people — zamindars, pro- fessional groups such as lawyers, teach- ers, journalists, doctors, students and women joined the movement. Rabindranath Tagore announced his plan in September 1905 to observe Rakshabandhan on October 16, the Partition day, and women took part in it. Another rite observed on this day was arandhan, suggested by Ramendrasundar Trivedi, asking women not to cook. Women organised swadeshi bhandars and Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, niece of the Rabindranath Tagore, opened Lakshmi Bhandar which sold only swadeshi prod- ucts. Women gave up using imported cloth and smashed their bangles (churis). Bipin Chandra Pal addressed women’s meetings during his tour of East Bengal in 1907 and the women of Tangail gave a big reception to Surendranath Banerjee when he visited Mymensingh later that year. A women’s meeting was organised in the house of the eminent physician Dr Nilratan Sircar to honour the revolution- ary Bhupendranath Dutta’s mother. A number of women in Barisal gave their savings to the Swadeshi Bhandar Samiti. Secret societies had started earlier In Maharashtra, and in Bengal, revolution- ary organisations began to develop, main- ly owing to the efforts of Aurobindo Ghose. The most important of these was the Anusilan Samiti founded in 1897. It received active help and encouragement from Sister Nivedita. Among others con- nected with the growth of revolutionary societies were Barindra Ghose (brother of Aurobindo) and Sarala Devi Chaudhurani. Women circulated revolutionary leaflets and helped in maintaining liaison between different revolutionary leaders. As the movement spread over Bengal, mass meetings were organised where the creed of swadeshi was preached. Bonfires of foreign goods were held and students boy- cotted Government schools and colleges. ‘Bande Mataram’, the sacred mantra of result, he was arrested under Section 124 of men who were prepared to defy the intern- Satyagraha was not passive resistance, but Bankim Chandra, became the rallying cry A of the Indian Penal Code on the charge ,#9@#>#2# 5#, &?9 ment order and march to the place where active opposition to any form of injustice. and inspired people with a new sense of of sedition. He was once again arrested in $#,,)* >*,,9#&4* Besant was interned. The new Secretary of Martin Luther King Jr read intensively into patriotism and national consciousness. The 1908 on the charge of writing polemical State, Lord Montagu was much more sym- the Gandhian philosophy as a new and president of the Indian National Congress, articles intensifying racial animosity 89 #49)* ?$$?,9?& pathetic and conciliatory and Besant was powerful weapon against injustice. But the at its 1906 session held in Calcutta, expressed between Indians and the British. In June 9? #&@ 0?>% ?0 released. She was elected President of the opposition had to be non-violent. the demand for swaraj. Aurobindo Ghose 1914, he was released after spending six Indian National Congress in 1917. In his own words, ‘Non-violence is the declared the attainment of complete freedom years in prison, most of which he had spent &78,94*" %#>9& The announcement of the Montagu- greatest force at the disposal of mankind. as the goal of the national movement. The in Mandalay in Burma. Chelmsford Reforms divided the ranks of It is mightier than the mightiest weapon demand for national education was also a On his return, he found the political sit- 6892*> & 7> >*# the supporters of Home Rule and the move- of destruction’. King recognised Gandhi’s part of the Swadeshi movement. National uation in India very different. Aurobindo &9*&,)*6@ &9? 92* ment gradually lost its strength. In any case, legacy of non-violence for the effectiveness schools were started and a technical college Ghose had given up politics for a spiritual its popularity had been mainly among the of his own campaigns for racial integra- was opened in Jadavpur. With the annul- life in Pondicherry. Lala Lajpat Rai was away #&2#& $26?,?$2@ urban, English educated intelligentsia. tion. He became Gandhi’s greatest disci- ment of the Partition in 1911, the Swadeshi in USA. To conciliate the moderates and #, # &*5 #& However, it had generated a widespread ple by embracing satyagraha as a method movement, which had been largely centred avoid any political confrontation, Tilak nationalist atmosphere and created a group of struggle for the emancipation of blacks in Bengal, petered out. started the Home Rule League asking, like $?5*>086 5*#$?& of individuals who played an important role in America. The Transvaal Government the Irish Home Rulers, for administrative ##&,9 &78,94*" 89 in the national movement of the succeed- introduced the Asiatic Law Amendment reforms and not for overthrow of the ing years, when under the leadership of Ordinance which required every Asian Government. Annie Besant, an Irish ex-suf- 92* ?$$?,9?& 2# Gandhi, it became a mass movement. man, woman or child above the age of Before Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was fragette, an advocate of Free Thought, 9? * &?&()?6*&9 eight to register his or her name with the the most widely known Indian political Fabianism and Theosophy came to India in Registrar of Asiatics. Failure to do so was leader. Unlike his contemporary 1893 to work for the Theosophical Society. a criminal offence. In response to the Black Maharashtrian Gopal Krishna Gokhale, She entered Indian politics in 1914 and It was in South Africa where Gandhi spent Act, a public meeting was held in the Tilak was a radical nationalist but conser- founded the Home Rule League. She realised and conferences demanding that India be leaders like Madan Mohan Malaviya, twenty years, and evolved a method of Empire Theatre in Johannesburg in vative in his views on social reform. In that for her movement to succeed, she had granted self-government on the lines of Surendranath Banerjee and MA Jinnah political protest which he called satyagra- September 1906, attended by about 3000 1897, plague broke out in Poona and the to get the support of the Indian National Britain’s White colonies after the War. In joined the Home Rule League to show their ha, which literally means ‘truth force’ or Indians who took a vow to defy the law in Government had to undertake segregation Congress, of both the Moderates and the 1917, the Government of Madras placed Mrs support to Annie Besant. Tilak advocated the ‘the struggle for truth’. Gandhi described a non-violent manner. and house search. Tilak organised his own Extremists. She launched a campaign Besant and her associates BP Wadia and use of passive resistance if the Government it as ‘a force which is born of truth and love : # # # relief measures, but criticised the through her two papers, New India and George Arundale under arrest. There was did not release her. At Gandhiji’s instance or non-violence’. For him, it was the end 2 P Government for its harsh measures. As a Commonweal and organised public meetings nation-wide protest and many ‘Moderate’ about a thousand signatures were collected of a quest for a moral equivalent of war. 0!2)5<44 :; he audience is invited to see underrepresented or misrepresented in with the lack of compelling storytelling themselves in the hero, to imag- our popular culture.” rather than their political bent. It is yet Tine that they can achieve the mid- Dilip Mandal has pointed out how to be seen how Omung Kumar puts the dle-class dream too if only they put in a % R Manikarnika doled out the same treat- formula to use in his Narendra Modi little more effort, if only they overcome ment to the character of Jhalkari Bai, film. The truth is that while Bollywood the barriers that hold them back. At the Dalit warrior and Lakshmi Bai’s confi- may have climbed the bogey of social core of these inspirational stories is one man as if to convey that this treat- Shahid portrays the best of Azmi’s life, dante who was instrumental in facili- change and patriotic fervour, these always the individual; the system is ment was reserved for him (think of the but it succeeds because it is able to tating the latter’s escape from the films are more about the actors who meant to be ‘won’ rather than ques- overflowing toilet in his jail cell); it expand itself by linking the story to palace in Jhansi before her final battle. star in them rather than the issues they tioned or dismantled. The limited bud- might have even justified the same those of millions of other stories, in and Though Manikarnika failed to recover claim to be addressing. get biopics mentioned earlier do pre- treatment had it been doled out to an outside the country. its humongous 100 crore budget, the Much like Chak De! India and cisely this. Take Shahid, for instance, ‘actual’ terrorist rather than Sanjay Dutt, One of the other important losers formula has generally worked. I’ll use Pink, Pad Man and Dangal exist to put based on the life of the late Shahid who was mistaken to be one. Sanju in big-budget biopics is inclusion. Of Mike Sholars’ words, in context of his woke credentials in the kitties of estab- Azmi, an Indian lawyer best known for doesn’t take the opportunity provided to the biopics released in 2017-18, only critique of The Imitation Game, to put lished male actors. Fresh stories are defending cases of persons accused of it by the protagonist’s life to reflect on Pad Man based on the life of it another way: “If the positive outcome rewritten in service of these actors rele- terrorism. It is a film that uses the the injustice practised in disproportion- Arunachalam Muruganantham could of sharing true stories is inspiration, gating the principle subjects and their biopic genre to bring communalism, ately withholding bails of the underpriv- have claimed to represent an over- then the negative outcome is the era- stories to the background. With female Islamophobia, Government overreach, ileged; the film’s only contention is that looked community in cinematic adap- sure of the struggles and existence of actors asserting their own power in the and the dangerous consequences of its protagonist was denied one. Shahid tation. However, as Aswathy marginalised group and the conflation industry, the same thing has started cruel and draconian laws on the public practices restraint but it is able to Gopalakrishnan notes for of entire swaths of the human experi- happening on the other end of the per- life, into sharp focus. Shahid doesn’t unpack layers upon layers of violence. Silverscreen.in, even that remained ence with ‘messy details’ that can be missible gender binary. Mary Kom had just pay homage to Shahid Azmi, it In a scene in a police station with unrealised: “All non-glitzy elements expunged from a narrative with little proven that women-centric biopics also honours his legacy by putting the brav- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, who plays have been removed from the story, and consequence. It’s one thing to simplify make money, and Ranaut’s limited suc- ery and perseverance of the individual Shahid’s brother Asif, he requests the that includes Muruganantham himself. a narrative and quite another to sani- cess notwithstanding, several similar in perspective by juxtaposing it against police inspector to grant him permis- His identity as a school dropout from tise or sensationalise it.” biopics based on Anandibai Joshi, an apathetic system. sion to meet his brother. The conversa- an impoverished family of handloom And what of the increasing number Laxmi Agarwal, Gunjan Saxena, Both Shahid and Sanju have scenes tion gets heated when the inspector that only Hansal Mehta could have visu- weavers in rural South India gets modi- of biopics based on the lives of active Jayalalithaa, Saina Nehwal, Teejan Bai from prisons, which bear witness to denies the requests and abuses Asif; it’s alised. We don’t know the social back- fied on screen as an upper-caste man politicians? The abysmal trailer for My are either in works or slated for release police violence of suspects, TADA’s fall- a memorable scene that compels you to ground of the police inspector’s charac- named Laxmikant Chauhan (Akshay Name is RaGa, and the failure of The this year. The bottom line? Biopics are out, and the grim reality of the country’s linger on it. The inspector’s ire is not ter, but we can guess it because he Kumar) in a town in Madhya Pradesh. Accidental Prime Minster to draw audi- hot because Bollywood has finally prison system. Sanju, however, evokes it limited to Shahid’s TADA charge; he is embodies the insecurities of the majori- It isn’t a minor alteration which can be ence might suggest that these stories cracked how to sell them. to generate sympathy from its audience; incensed when Asif speaks to him in ty; that a Muslim man would speak to easily passed in a terribly skewed world will only have a short run. But let it be &=9> the scenes overtly dramatise the pain of English to make a point; it is a moment him in English is unacceptable to him. where a large section of people are noted that the failure has more to do + % $ !$ / %#&@ # ?? , 6 * # *@ 9? 8& &?5& 42#% *>, 592& 92* 4#,96* ?0 buuqy ?&*O, ?5& ,*60 K 0>#&Q #0 # he print and the visual multi- media as distinct disciplines have traditionally been unwill- ing partners, in other words, they make strange bedfellows. TBoth stake claims as the carriers of the absolute truth in its untarnished, com- plete glory, harbouring a remarkable degree of suspicion for each other. In terms of literature, fiction as a literary ) , O ! text and fiction depicted on screen as cinema, are seldom understood to be quite the same thing: While the written word would claim an enormity which cannot possibly be depicted on screen, ! #6@#&** >#7#& verbatim, unless one were to take great liberties with the run-time. Similarly, the on-screen version would plead for a treat for all senses, a more wholesome, multi- layered experience over the unidimen- sional written word. It is easy to spot two 6,-'07/*6,-'07/* literature and film enthusiasts respective- ly, bitterly arguing over say, the Harry Potter or the Lord of the Rings series. Cinematic adaptations are mere starting points of animated discussions and dis- course in proper, winding through the ,-.-&/,-.-&/ respective strengths of literature and cin- ema. These are some of the issues that academic, critic and translator Vivek Sachdeva deftly handles in his Fiction to &,&, ;6;6 Film: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s The Householder and Heat and Dust. In his detailed introduction, Sachdeva lays a definitive background for building a case for fiction and film as distinctive texts: He defines the aim of !67%17'7!67%17'7 his project as one to study adaptations of novels into films and to note the trans- formations a narrative undergoes in cin- ematic form. Talking at length about adaptation, its growth and famous cine- Sachdeva cites several directorial exem- and novels, and their respective employ- the films produced by Ismail Merchant manner of an expert, microscopic scruti- matic adaptations in both the Western plars while inferring that “creative film- ment of linguistic tools. Through an and directed by James Ivory. ny. The conclusion ties up the entire and the Indian corpus, Sachdeva goes on makers have used film’s mode of com- exhaustive survey of theories, Sachdeva In the succeeding four chapters, analysis towards proposing a new take to discuss “Film as Art”. He makes a sig- munication so innovatively and effec- finds Klein and Parker’s model of seeing Sachdeva presents a comprehensive on narrative discourse in fiction and nificant observation in terms of a dis- tively that what a novel takes pages to “adaptation as an interpretation of the study and scrutiny of the phenomenal film, especially in the Indian context. tinctive feature of canonical literature describe, a filmmaker has said more in a original text” stronger in terms of essen- journey of fiction transforming into The exhaustive annexures on the two like that of Shakespeare which had short scene or two”. The nature and tially veering away from the fidelity films. In the first chapter, he methodi- films and the detailed bibliography testi- ‘something for everyone’ — philosophy, scope of adaptation is also discussed in aspect. He proposes looking at the rela- cally deals with the technicalities of fy to the range of research and referenc- wit, melodrama, rhetoric and also spec- depth, the respective artistic conventions tion between the original and the new story, time (analepsis and prolepsis), ing that has gone into making of this tacle. Cinema which may have its origin of a novel and a film are analysed. text through the lenses of “inter-textuali- focalisation, levels of narration, narrator pioneering volume. in entertainment has over the years Sachdeva also dwells upon the connota- ty, translation and inter-mediality”, look- and kinds of narrators with their The merit of Vivek Sachdeva’s through the contribution of filmmakers tions associated with criticism of cine- ing at the adaptation as a derivation that respective functions, concluding with Fiction to Film lies in its clinical han- par excellence, grown into an evolved art matic adaptations, which are usually is not derivative. The final section titled characters and characterisation, and dling of a subject so mired in contrary form because of the ‘timeless works of pejorative and highly polarising viz “Narration in Cinema” is particularly space, all written in crisp, jargon-free points of view, and the insights he draws art in portraying human life in all its ‘deformation’, ‘bastardisation’ to name a illuminating as it dwells upon the “com- style of explanation. The next chapter can be effectively applied to the study of bewildering complexity and nuance with few, and the whole debate around fideli- plex system of relations” to be perceived looks at Jhabvala the individual and the other cinematic adaptations, translations rare insight and sensitivity’ notes ty criticism, with the label ‘infidelity’ by the viewer, including the framing of writer, her brief biography, also includ- and theatre in general. It must be men- Sachdeva. Drawing upon several crucial drawing from Victorian prudishness and shots, arrangement of material on the ing brief synopses as well as insightful tioned that in these times, cinematic interventions by the likes of Raymond ethical perfidy in particular. He makes a basis of space and time, the point of thematic discussion of her primary adaptations in Bollywood have caught Williams, Adorno, Arnheim and case against the prejudice of parasitism view and narration through modes of works such as To Whom She Will, The popular imagination with creative adap- Eisenstein’s theory of montage, Sachdeva of cinema as an art form which has led long shots, close ups, the treatment of ,-.-&/&,-'0 Nature of Passion, Esmond in India. The tations of Shakespeare for instance, by explicates the relation between films and to a supposition that films in some way time and so on. Sachdeva seeks to expli- sub-section titled “The Screenwriter” the likes of veteran directors such as reality: While literary images reach the drain or damage the narrative text, be cate all his observations through a close 1 engages with short overviews of the sev- Vishal Bhardwaj (Maqbool, Omkara, readers through ‘conceptual perception’, restating how adaptation is “fundamen- analysis of celebrated novelist Ruth eral films Jhabvala wrote during her Haider), and Sanjay Leela Bhansali cinematic images reach directly through tally a creative process”. A dedicated sec- Prawer Jhabvala’s novels The Householder & % 2 fruitful association with Merchant Ivory (Goliyon ki Raas Leela Raam Leela) perception. Under the interestingly titled tion on “Challenges of Adaptation” looks and Heat and Dust which the author her- Productions. The third and the fourth among others as cases in point. section “Pride (in literature) and at two primary vertices: That of the ori- self helped to depict on screen by don- 345 chapters juxtapose the novels and their :! Prejudice (against adaptation)”, gin of the two respective art forms films ning the hat of a screenplay writer, for respective cinematic adaptations, in the / - ! 9% < 7 % % 99 % O ( - (! D 9 9 9 " "%6" %1 " !! 8%#& ##>5#6 %1%+ ,7- 5 ! here’s almost nothing new “Just one. You can’t change ! about a story that revolves your mind afterwards and take ! R 2 ! ! Taround the idea of the it back.” The beauty of Haruki protagonist being granted a Murakami’s writing can be dis- fixed number of wishes. Almost covered and rediscovered by ( inevitably, the story ends with a reading this one sentence over ! R 2 philosophical lesson that he/ and over again. It’s one of the ! R 5 she learns in the process of most loaded, deeply meaning- making the wish. Only an ful, and deceptively simple sen- ! ! R author with (Franz) Kafka-like tences that English literature 5 rare skill and thought to add has seen. In the book, on the R 5 novelty to this. And that’s exact- face of it, the limitation of “just ! R ly what the book being one” is imposed on the number reviewed offers. of wishes granted to the Haruki Murakami, a con- unnamed narrator. If one looks 7: 7 temporary Japanese author at keeping the context of birth- whose works have been widely days and birthday wishes in ( 4 " translated and celebrated, has mind, it can even refer to each %1% 56%1+ 7.. often been compared with successive year that an individ- Franz Kafka. Like Kafka’s, ual is “granted” on his/ her # Murakami’s characters and sto- birthday as he/ she gets old. The 6 , ries are set in the world that lies underlying message here is that E 1 somewhere in the middle of with each year coming as an * 4 that which seems magical and opportunity to “make” our A that which seems eerie. Unlike wishes come true, do individu- ! Gabriel Garcia Marquez and als really need to close their " 9 Salman Rushdie who create eyes, blow on the birthday can- A beautiful and strangely believ- dles, and ask for more? That, of * able worlds in the genre of mag- course, is just one interpreta- 4A ical realism, Kafka and tion. In a larger sense, “just one” Murakami retain a sense of can even refer to the number of A L enigma in their writings. Their lives an individual is granted. In ! " works do not go all the way in that at best one can say that to keep their birthdays “ordi- that case, the open-handedness making supernatural elements they have a genre of their own. %8># #% 5?86 nary” and eventless. But just of the narrator’s conversation seem ‘normal’. Instead, they Birthday Girl, the Japanese #6%?,9 &*)*> like in the book, fate can choose with her unnamed friend % 9 thrive on an element of author’s celebrated short story to interfere at almost any becomes all the more poignant. incredulity in the stories that was re-packaged into a novella )* 92* >*#*> point.In the book, the protago- “That’s because you have "" "$" " they weave. While Marquez and and released by Penguin less 92* ,#9,0#49?& nist has an unusual encounter already made your wish,” the 99%+ ).. Rushdie would have you believe than a month ago. And, it ?0 09@" # that seems to be destined to speaker says to the listener that their beautiful worlds exist would be safe to say that it is happen. People around her fall when he/ she is unable to come N# ! somewhere, Murakami would one of the most rewarding &#& 89 unexpectedly ill and practically up with one wish that would TA " 9 almost never give the reader the Murakami treats. *&42#&9& 6??,* start making way for her to have been appropriate for his/ " satisfaction of that kind of final- The short story turned into have an experience which can- her twentieth birthday. In say- - !! ! " & - ity. A nagging but enchanting a novella revolves around a *& 5?86 not help but think back on even ing that and invoking the idea !! " - loose end would follow the concept that tends to develop 0?66?5 #& %# * years later. The 20th birthday, of “time” playing "an important " 5 $ L reader and make him/ her come an extra layer of complexity which the author chooses, car- role,” the story opens itself up to & ! ! back to the novel in search of with each passing year — 2%D2*> >*(>*# ries extra weight in the sense an interpretation where “only " 9 any clues that he/ she might birthdays. Grown-ups can pre- that it officially marks the end one” wish refers to what an U have missed earlier. tend that they are over the of the teen years in a growing individual does with the “only” U U Thriller, romance, fantasy childish excitement and anxi- %- 6*7(8- ' daunting. The girl protagonist adult’s life. It’s a milestone that life that he/ she gets. If you have " , — Murakami’s works defy the ety that birthdays bring along 6 0 in the book who resigns to one can cross only “once” in a nothing ‘special’ to do on your ! ! usual genres that literature is with them. But to put it plainly, waiting table even on the eve of lifetime. And the author has next birthday, I would suggest R 6 classified into. Instead, they almost no one ever is. The idea 9 2: her 20th birthday as she was some rather insightful take on reading or even rereading ( " criss-cross through so many of a fresh start each year is as “not going to do anything spe- what one should wish for at that Murakami’s Birthday Girl. It ! genres adapting and refashion- inviting as the idea of looking cial anyway”. Just like her, juncture — he/ she should beckons the reader into a space ! " ing elements from each of them back at the previous year is grown-ups often tell themselves ‘make’ their wish. that is anything but ordinary. uvitiut ! * 0 @% $ + O !P " 0 0??- % @. & % ! ! : he deadlock between Russia much attention in the NATO-Russia FSU States to mend fences with their Russia”. the Foreign Policy Concept paper, Warsaw Summit of NATO which reduction of INF. It may be recalled Tand NATO in the NATO-Russia Summit meeting was on the issue of Cold War adversary. The short-lived “bonhomie” Russia took firm measures which took place in 2016. The Summit here that the Council for Foreign Council Summit in Brussels has Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Soon the “honeymoon” between these two soon faded into resulted in Russia-Georgia war in meeting as quoted in the NATO Relations (CFR) study titled “The once again exposed the perpetual also known as (INF). The Brussels between these two fell to a low level oblivion (Russia-NATO) when West 2008 and this contributed to South website stated, “Russia’s aggressive Ailing INF Treaty: What to Know” fissures and this may jeopardise meeting as expected from many and Moscow tried to give a new started showing its real intention in Ossetia’s declaration of indepen- actions are a source of regional published on January 28, 2019 both Eurasian security and global quarters failed to evolve a consen- impetus to its external policy in the the FSU States. Directly or indirectly dence. This gave a sever jolt to instability.” states that Russia is enjoying an “tac- peace. sus on the future of nuclear arsenals. form of distancing itself from the it propped up the so-called “Colour NATO’s expansionist policy. Using “regional instability” (dis- tical advantage” over the United The Cold War-era global con- The failure of the coordination Western bandwagon. The stand-off Revolution” in some of the FSU Another major flashpoint which cussed above) as a precursor, NATO States in the possession of INF war- flict which veered around NATO- council of both the adversaries is between these two reached to a new States like Georgia, Ukraine and contributed to the further deterio- is strategising its policy towards the heads. Warsaw antipathy to each other is also generating a lot of hypotheti- low when the latter reignited the Kyrgyzstan. By propping up its ration of relations between NATO post-Soviet space. NATO member The data of CFR study said, once again resurfacing even after the cal questions relevant to interna- “soft tinderbox” of Eastern Europe. own regimes in three above-men- and Russia was over NATO initiat- States despite their own internal rift “Moscow has around 6,850 war- collapse of the Soviet Union 28 years tional security. These are: The subsequent NATO tioned strategically important States ed project, Northern Distribution are quite vociferous in demanding heads and Washington has only back. This is happening despite the a) Is NATO going to tame an onslaught on Kosovo alarmed the reflected the true intention of the Network (NDN), to deliver human- stricter action against Russia as 6,550” of the same. The failure of fact that there is no more a Warsaw assertive Russia in near future? strategic thinkers of Russia that the United States to bring this space into itarian aid to Afghanistan. evident from recent speech of Brussels Summit resulted in both bloc. The mutual hostility between b) Whether NATO will contin- United States may use NATO to its orbit. In this venture it used By bringing some of the Russian President of Ukraine. In spite of the United States (being part of NATO and Russia (as a lead mem- ue its policy of “encirclement” of orchestrate a Cold War type crisis NATO’s military might to frighten allies like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, internal rift (by the European mem- NATO) and Russia deciding to ber of the former Warsaw pact in the Russia? to checkmate Russia. Subsequent Russia. Along with this move their in the NDN fold along with beefing ber states and the United States in withdraw from the INF treaty as form of inheritor of the former The antagonism between change of leadership in Russia real intention was also to get a firm up of the NATO-Ukrainian coun- NATO over generating fund) which stated by policy makers from both Soviet Union) was fully reflected in NATO-Russia which has its roots in which saw emergence of Vladimir foothold in the natural resources like cil, NATO tried to get an upper threatened the very existence of this the countries. However this may the latest NATO-Russia Council the Cold War period took a new Putin as the new President has had energy. hand in the Eurasian geopolitics. military bloc, this Western body — trigger a new kind of “security meeting which took place in turn in the aftermath of the collapse a profound impact on policy Nervousness on the part of However in the post-2014 era as reported in the London-based dilemma” in global politics. Brussels on January 25, 2019. of the Soviet Union and emergence towards the West. Unlike his pre- Russian leadership to the question the hide and seek game between newspaper Telegraph dated January The NATO-Russia Council The mutual antipathy towards of the Russian Federation as its suc- decessor’s inconsistent policy as of NATO’s expansion in the Russian these two strategic competitors 27, 2019 — is “mulling to spend Summit demonstrated that the each other has also reflected in the cessor. To an utter surprise, the new some analysts put it towards the periphery strongly reflected in the took an ugly turn when Russia around $100 billion” for member “misperception” of both the sides is tone and tenor of the Brussels leadership under Boris Yeltsin guid- West (especially in the Yeltsin’s first Foreign Policy Concept of the annexed Crimea. Calling it as an act states” security. This demonstrates still there and accentuating a hos- Summit. As reported in the Russian ed by the pro-Atlancists forces tried term), Putin, in his foreign policy Russian Federation 2008. The of “aggression” by Moscow, NATO NATO’s preparedness to indulge in tile strategic climate in and around press, lack of unanimity in the to mend fences with the erstwhile orientation gave a new teething. Concept paper published in the tried to frighten the former by sta- perpetual hostility with Russia. Eurasia as evident from Council meeting came to fore when foe and got engaged with the NATO The 9/11 incident, however, Russian Foreign Ministry website tioning its troops across its bases in NATO’s intention of taking on recent moves in Ukraine. the Russian delegates stated that the bloc. brought the two into a common mid.ru highlights that “bringing the Eastern Europe, Central Europe Russia militarily can be evident from Similarly for a “sustainable peace” United States is keen to accelerate In fact the admission of Russia platform to fight against radicalist NATO military infrastructure clos- and Baltic states. The deployment of the fact that it is conducting a series both NATO and Russia should take its infamous “Star War programme”. into the NATO’s outreach and terrorist forces in Afghanistan. er to the Russian borders on the missiles by NATO in the periphery of military exercises in the periph- steps that might reduce mutual The Russian delegates urged Programme of Partnership for Peace This resulted in the creation of this whole... violates the principle of of Russia propelled analysts to pre- ery of Russia to demonstrate its war hostility. that it will “accelerate arms race” at (PFP) along with some other former institutional forum NATO-Russia equal security.” dict the return of “Cold War syn- preparedness. a global scale putting the security of Soviet Union (FSU) States like Council in 2002. The Council was Giving a strong rebuttal to the drome” in the global geopolitics. Another contentious issue (The author teaches in the School “Global Commons” at nadir. Azerbaijan, Moldova and created as stated in the NATO web- NATO’s expansionist policy in its NATO’s apprehension of Russia’s which got attention in the NATO- of International Studies, Jawaharlal Another contentious issue which got Uzbekistan showed inclination of site for “building bridges with sphere of influence, as reflected in action was clearly manifested in the Russia Council Summit was the Nehru University, New Delhi) < "- - + 56B6 !# C ! 2 !# " 1 # %#" P ( +% %A n the political history of West Mohammad Mosaddegh Na Gharb, Faqat Jomhouri Islami” IAsian and North African Government supported by a Shia (Neither East, Nor West, only (WANA) region, the decades of clergy Ayatollah Sayyid Abol Qasim Islamic Republic). They also exhort- 1970s and 1980s are marked as the Kashani was overthrown in a US- ed “Mustazifeen” (Oppressed) to years of turbulence. These years wit- backed coup (also called Operation take the “Mustakbireen” nessed major upheavals in the polit- Ajax) had deep impact on psyche of (Oppressors) out from the power. As ical arena of Iran as well. The ordinary Iranians. Actually, the Vali Nasr also contends that Iran Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 sense of anti-Americanism had also made Islamism a political force that under the leadership of Ayatollah roots in that “great betrayal”. Upon would change Muslim politics from Sayyid Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini restoring the monarchy with the Morocco to Malaysia. was one of the monumental events. help of Britishers and Americans, It inspired the people struggling It was a major development of the Shah started more repressive poli- for self determination and their 20th century as it comprehensively cies by eliminating the dissenting legitimate rights. Particularly it had changed the course of history and voices. The notorious secret service a major impact on the Palestinian politics. SAVAK had played major role as liberation struggle against the henchmen in perpetuating the Zionist occupation. The birth of Cultural Shock intimidation and torture of politi- Hamas and Palestinian Islamic At their wits’ end, the Western cal activists. The bloody events of 15 Jihad movements made possible world was fumbling for words to Khordad in 1963, after which after the Iranian support. The Iraqi react to this “orientalist” phenom- Ayatollah Khomeini was sent into Shia political activists who were enon as it did not conform to their exile, had began to radicalise the bearing the brunt of ruthless repres- notion of a “revolution”. Cut to pre- Iranian masses against the despot- sion of Saddam Hussein’s regime sent, the revolution has stirred up ic monarchy. Western countries were also very receptive of Imam an intense debate on Islam vs West had more clout over the oil busi- Khomeini’s clarion call. The under- because the whole idea of moder- nesses. Despite booming oil remit- class Shia of south Lebanon also got nity has been challenged by the con- tances the wedge between rich and inspired by the Islamist fervour and tours of the Iranian revolution. It poor began to make situation worst. organised a powerful Hezbollah continues to be a source of bewil- movement against the Israeli occu- derment in the Western world and A Road to Revolution pation. It was that time when the is often called “rightist”, “reac- In the last leg of the nationwide farcical Arab Nationalism had taken tionary”, “fanatic’, ‘irrational’ and mass protests in December 1978, the hold across the region. “regressive”. momentum began to gather each However, in an important book passing day. The religious fervour Iran After 40 Shi’ism and Social Protest, US aca- was very high as it coincided with After 40 years of revolution, Iran demician Richard W Cottam has the commemoration of Martyrs of has achieved progress almost in tried to dissect the anatomy of the Karbala in the month of Muharram, every walk of life and made coun- Iranian Revolution by comparing it which has a central place in Shia try self reliant. Ayatollah Khomeini’s with French and Bolshevik revolu- religio-philosophical construct. The forthright leadership and his unde- tions. He is of the view that both the Iranian ulama have successfully terred character led the revolution revolutions did not have the populist tried Shia symbols to mobilise the '"556B6 # % ? ## " C ' ! 7 !+ to its accomplishment despite all features as compared to the Iranian masses and created the binary of % ! )9 56B6 ! ) -+:" hardships and adverse circum- Revolution as one-fourth of Iran’s Imam Hussain vs Yazeed. The ! ! " ! " & stances. Similarly after the death of population took to the streets streets swelled with frenzied people Imam Khomeini in 1989, the against a regime still capable of bru- raising the emotional slogans in tion at Behisht-e Zehra cemetery the Jurisprudent). Mehdi Bazargan, Hussein, being bankrolled by Gulf world. Beyond the borders it also incumbent Supreme Leader tal repression. crescendo “Kullo Yaumin Ashura, when he landed on Mehrabad who later parted his ways, became regimes and armed by Western had the regional and international Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Kullo Arzin Karbala” (Everyday is Airport on 1st February in 1979 first President. In order to consoli- countries, imposed an eight-year dimensions. One of the pillars Khamenei successfully carried on The Gathering Storm Karbala, Everyday land is Ashura). after fourteen years of exile in date the regime and his grip on devastating war on Iran. The left (other was Saudi Arabia) of United his legacy with new vigour and wis- Before every political revolution It was quite evident that any time Turkey, Iraq and France. Iranian power he also formed an elite force guerrilla group Mujahideen-e Khalq States’ “Twin-Pillar Strategy” in dom. He successfully led Iran to a there is an intellectual revolution. To soon US-backed Shah would no newspapers covered this historic called Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Islami Organisation (MKO) would also try the region fell down. Western rightful place in comity of nations. name a few, it was mystic philoso- longer ruler of this country. Even the event as “Imam Aamad” (Coming of or Islamic Revolutionary Guards to trigger a counter revolution. But nations and especially the US, The legacy of the revolution pher Ali Shariati, Ayatollah Morteza renowned French intellectual Leader). Iranians welcomed him as Corps (IRGC), which later cut their despite all these stumbling blocks, whom Iran termed it as Shaitan-e continues to have reverberations Motahhari, Jalal Aal-e Ahmad and Michel Foucault, who went to Iran a redeemer of their suffering who teeth in Iran-Iraq War and also it came out triumphantly. The com- Bozorg (Great Satan), were not even today, and has profoundly Ayatollah Beheshti who exhorted as an Italian newspaper Corriere will lead to their collective salvation. played an important role in purging mendable fact of these develop- prepared for the revolution and it shaped politics in the West Asia. Still people with their intellectual della serra’s correspondent, sensed Defying vestiges of Shah’s regime on the remnants of Shah. It remains a ments is that electioneering process was a great surprise to the interna- the Iranian leadership is standing engagements. In Iran the Islamic the popular upsurge that is going to February 11, Imam Khomeini took formidable force in Iranian defence of Presidents and Majles had never tional community. against the war-monger countries Revolution has its roots in the tri- inevitable in Iran. the reins in his own hand formed system. After the victory of revolu- been halted despite these entire The revolution was seen as a like rock solid who are bullying in als and tribulations of history. The Islamic Revolutionary Committees tion, the relations between Iran and crises. great threat to the status quo in the the names of covert or overt war and late 19th century Tobacco Post-Revolutionary Islamic were formed across the country to US administration got worse. authoritarian and monarchical harsh economic sanctions. Movement and early 20th century Republic run the affairs. President Jimmy Carter showed no International and Regional regimes in the WANA region. Constitutional Movement has been Na Shah Mee Khwaham, Na After one month, Khomeini goodwill towards the new regime Geopolitical Implications Asserting Islam as a major political (The writer is a Doctoral a very important event in awaken- Shahpour Mee Khwaham (I want constituted a referendum and but hostility and threats. The US The revolution not only pro- force and to dislodge the East- Candidate at Centre for West Asian ing the collective consciousness of neither Shah, nor Shahpour). This declared Iran as Islamic Republic embassy hostage crisis further foundly changed Iran and its West binary being contours of inter- Studies, School of International people. Further the democratically was a proclamation of Ayatollah and introduced the political system added fuel to the fire. In its neigh- Government, but also changed how national relations, Iranian revolu- Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, elected popular Prime Minister Khomeini in a massive public recep- of Velayat-e Faqih (Governance of bourhood, Iraqi dictator Saddam Iran was dealt with by the rest of the tionaries had given a call “Na Sharq, New Delhi) ?& 92* 6#,9 #@ ?0 92* 8*9 ,*,,?& %86#@#% ,&2 @##) 5,2* bacqbute " &#>*&># %? # ,*4?& 9*>% #, 92* $% - . R " ( n February 7, Rahul Gandhi met the State in-charges and 1$$ General Secretaries of the party. Two days later, he called a meeting of State 2#> ,2#& #> )@#, OPresidents, leaders of MLAs in States, and Chief Ministers. In the two meet- ings, Rahul discussed the preparations and strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. Among other things, the formula for ticket distribution was also decided in the meetings. It is being said that during the course of discussions, it was decided that the Rajya Sabha MPs would not be given tick- ets for the Lok Sabha polls. MLAs, too, would not get a chance to fight the Lok Sabha Elections, say sources. The leaders who had fought the Assembly Elections would also be kept out of the race, as will the kin of leaders. Interestingly, there is a catch in this: The final deci- sion rests with Rahul. This effectively means that if Rahul deems right, he may tweak this formula in select cases. Now the question is how much of this formula will be implemented? Leaders present in the meetings, who did not oppose the formula at the time, are now calling it impractical. Will this strat- egy send all known faces into oblivion? Will the Congress be able to counter the challenges posed by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah with novices? Sources in the party say many Rajya Sabha MPs are try- ing to get LS tickets either for their wives or children. The kin of many CMs, for- mer CMs, and State Presidents are gear- ing up for the upcoming polls. Relatives of many big leaders, such as Kamal Nath, 9 4 Siddaramaiah, Ashok Gehlot, and Sheila Dikshit, might stake a claim for tickets. >- Barring some, this is almost certain that chair and that is why he doesn’t want to Elections. The current MLA from Tonk pressure politics soon after the elections. Kant Sahay, are also set to contest. Who , %$ almost all relatives of big leaders would fight the LS polls. It is being said that was defeated in the 2014 Lok Sabha will guide the party there? Umang get tickets, as will some MLAs. soon after the elections, his role in State Elections from Ajmer. Later, when Singhar — co-incharge of the party in politics will gain prominence. Quite pos- byelections were held in Ajmer, he didn’t t seems that Rahul Gandhi has Madhya Pradesh and a Minister in the 6 , !" %6# H. .P sibly, he will fight the Assembly Elections contest. This seat is vacant. Raghu Iappointed State in-charges and General Kamal Nath Cabinet — might be told to hat will be next plan of action of after ensuring the resignation of a loyal Sharma, who had won the byelections, Secretaries without any deliberations or a look after election preparations in Wthe in-charge of western UP, MLA. However, some are of the opinion has become an MLA and is now a thought about the future. Many General Jharkhand. In the same manner, Rajiv Jyotiraditya Scindia? People are saying that he might be sent to the Rajya Sabha Minister in the Gehlot Cabinet. Secretaries are likely to contest elections, Satav, an MP from Hingoli in " 9 that his wife, Priyadarshini Raje, is gear- or be given the party command in the However, Pilot has clarified that prompting several questions. General Maharashtra, has been given the respon- ing up to fight the Lok Sabha Elections State. Perhaps, Kamal Nath is apprehen- nobody from his family will fight from Secretaries and State in-charges are wor- sibility of Gujarat. He also has to take from Gwalior. Scindia is an MP from sive of a possible upheaval, which is why this seat. He is said to be eyeing the CM ried for their seats and the big question care of his own seat along with Gujarat. # * Guna, but Gwalior has been his family’s he has conveyed to the party high com- post, which explains his strategy. His looms large: Who will lead the elections The biggest issue is of KC Venugopal, stronghold for the longest time now. His mand his decision to not leave the mother, Rama Pilot, has been an MP from in States which have been assigned to the MP from Alappuzha seat in Kerala. ! wife has started appearing in public Chhindwara seat. Kamal Nath might Dausa. This time also, people were saying them? There is no cause for worry in Earlier, he was in-charge for Karnataka functions and people are desperate to rope in his son, Nakul Nath, to fight that she might contest from Ajmer. Pilot’s areas where Rajya Sabha MPs have been and is now the General Secretary of the know whether both the husband and from here. Kamal’s wife, Alka Nath, has wife, Sara, is also from a political family; given charge, but what will happen in organisation. He will fight the Lok Sabha " wife will contest the elections. However, also been an MP from this seat. she is Farooq Abdullah’s daughter and States whose in-charges are themselves Elections along with the double responsi- that would seem highly unlikely since Omar’s sister. It won’t come as a surprise if in the Lok Sabha poll race? bilities. In-charge of Assam, Harish Jyotiraditya will be busy working along- P . she too jumps on the political bandwag- RPN Singh is in-charge for Rawat, and in-charge of Maharashtra, >U side Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in UP. he Congress State President of on. If only Sachin hadn’t tried to stand out Jharkhand and has to fight the Lok Mallikarjun Kharge, also have to contest. Meanwhile, there is buzz right from TRajasthan and Deputy CM, Sachin among other party leaders and Sabha Elections. State President of In contrast, the BJP has appointed such Madhya Pradesh to Delhi that Pilot, has announced that nobody from announced that no one from his family Jharkhand, Ajay Kumar, and chairman leaders as State in-charges who don’t Jyotiraditya has his eyes set on the CM’s his family will fight the Lok Sabha would contest. It’s likely that he will start of the campaign committee, Subodh have to fight the Lok Sabha Elections. 7 eepak Pal stole a glance at could chant every day, much like the battered, metal clock. ) ! ! U the many prayers that were a DIt was just past 9 am. His part of their lives. There was no morning tea would have to wait. looking back! Dr Shukla’s deep He walked up to the ice-lined ! L ! understanding of the handlers, a refrigerator (ILR) and leaned over group of religious-minded peo- to read the words imprinted on ple, had saved the day. the glossy flex right above it, on The results were evident from the wall. “O Mere Bhagwan Roj the start — the rate of vaccine Teri Daya, Isiprakar Permanent wastage started dropping across Hame De,” he whispered in Hindi, the State. In a study conducted in almost in a trance, the words in the cold chain points of the State Hindi mean “Seeking the kind in 2015, it was revealed that the blessings of the Almighty every cold chain prayer and a mobile day and forever”. A ray of light application for tracking vaccine from a half-open window filled storage had together saved 9.72 the room in a golden hue as he crore worth of vaccine from ended the cold chain prayer. wastage. This innovative practice Minutes later, as he settled was even appreciated by the visit- down to enjoy his cup of tea, ing teams of the Common Deepak, a Cold Chain Handler Review Mission from the (CCH) at Rajpur CHC, of Government of India, UNICEF, Barwani, a district in Madhya WHO and dignitaries from other Pradesh, marveled at the power of Indian States. Over the years, this the cold chain prayer. This was no practice has been adopted by ordinary chant to appease the some other States as well. Gods, but a powerful mnemonic Today, cold chain handlers to help CCHs like Deepak like Deepak working in 1,200 remember the stacking order of cold chain points of the State vaccines — starting with ‘O’ as in start their day by chanting the OPV at the bottom and ‘De’ for cold chain prayer. It’s a part of diluent at the top. It has become a their morning ritual. By leverag- part of Deepak’s daily routine; to ing the power of religious belief, review the guidelines for stacking a simple mnemonic-based prayer the vaccines in the top-opening has become the soul of cold- ILRs, in increasing order of tem- chain points of the State. They perature, from minus 20 degrees say a prayer has the power to save celsius to 8 degrees celsius. The =>' # # # % #2 D/# )& # ! # # ! )! ##% lives. This simple chant is a living prayer helped him remember this testimony to that — it may well order and the right temperature, vaccines potency. Hence, vaccine handlers, errors continued and Madhya Pradesh, there was a call ly in rural and remote areas of the get audience remember these have saved over a million lives of protecting the vaccines from dam- storage and management has large volumes of vaccines were for urgent intervention to set State, had immense knowledge guidelines? He found the answer children in the State from vac- age. What seemed easy today was always been a critical factor for an being wasted due to incorrect things right. The solution came and understanding of the ground in mnemonics, a learning strategy cine-preventable diseases. By fol- indeed a struggle a few years ago. immunisation programme’s suc- stacking and storing, resulting in from Dr Santosh Shukla, the State realities, knew they had to quickly often used in classrooms from his lowing a simple step, the Vaccines are sensitive and cess. Before 2014, this was proving financial loss, loss of vaccine Immunisation Officer (SEPIO), a find a solution and think outside days as a student in medical col- providers have been able to fragile and hence need to be to be a challenge, as CCHs like potency, and poor immune veteran in the field of immunisa- the box to help CCHs, supervi- lege. He codified the guidelines ensure that beneficiaries get the stored in proper conditions; tem- Deepak struggled to remember response. In 2014, when expensive tion. Dr Shukla, Joint Director- sors, and MPW/LHVs remember using mnemonics in the form of a full benefit of life-saving vaccines peratures and sequence of storage the vaccine storage guidelines. vaccines like Pentavalent, PCV, cum-SEPIO, Madhya Pradesh, an the vaccine storage guidelines. simple prayer. For the vaccine and protection against diseases. are critical elements for ensuring Despite several trainings to the RVV, IPV were introduced in officer who had worked extensive- Was there a way to help these tar- handlers, this was a ditty they ! 92* ,@,9*%#94 #,,%6#9?& $?64@ ?0 42&# 9?5#>, 828> 98> , , # >*#9 *% #>>#,,%*&9 0?> 28%#&9@ itextaiutar # ,# 98> ,2 0?>*& %&,9>@ ,$? *,%#& 2#% # ,?@ "Q R wo days after calling for biparti- sanship in his State of the Union Taddress, Donald Trump returned to Twitter to cry foul about Democrats + in Congress. The House ways and means committee announced it was preparing to investigate Trump’s tax returns, a move Trump decried as “presidential harassment”. “You laugh but it’s true, folks,” Trevor Noah said on the Daily Show. “Presidential harassment is a serious crisis that affects one out of every 320 million people in this country.” But of all the swirling scandals, But credit where credit is due: Trump seems to be the most worried “One thing that makes Trump so about his tax returns — an anxiety successful is that he knows how to reflected in recent comments by bil- make himself seem like the victim lionaires, whose staggering wealth . when other people are just doing elicits increasingly less sympathy their jobs.” If the press reports on from the American public. Though him, it’s “fake news”. If Congress pundits have classified plans to tax investigates conflicts of interest, it’s the super-rich — those earning over “presidential harassment”. $10m a year — as fringe socialist “I bet if the cops were chasing ideas, Noah cited a Politico poll from Trump he’s the kinda guy who would MSNBC in which 76 per cent of try to call 911 on them,” Noah said. Americans supported it. %%." 7 he BBC has commissioned three major series on the natural Tworld, as it fights to stop staff * + - who make its popular natural history shows — including David Attenborough — being poached by ./!0 ##&!1234!'&5 deep-pocketed rival Netflix. Perfect Planet, Frozen Planet II and Planet Earth III will be shown on the BBC independence, or exploring a part of and exciting activities with your part- your emotions can trump your person- over the coming years, building on the / I themselves they have denied or buried. ner, being responsive, making them al history — even when that history is success of 2017’s enormously popular esearch suggests we don’t feel desired and valued and spending horrendous. In doing so, you can Blue Planet II, which helped push the really know what we want in . time with other couples where you potentially transform the way you relate issue of plastic recycling to the top of a partner — for example, P .I have positive, supportive and intimate to others — and yourself. the political agenda. involved 600 crew members filming speed-dating studies have First of all, it’s important to recognise conversations, can all rekindle sexual The announcement comes after for four years around the world. found that what we say we that love and commitment are, or desire. So too can trying to meet your I senior staff left the BBC’s Natural Despite its name, the programme is Rwant is different to what we actually go should be, conditional. And you need partner’s sexual needs without expect- In attachment theory terms, yes. History Unit, lured to the commercial not part of the official BBC Planet for. So don’t be overly picky. Shared val- to decide what the conditions are. They ing an immediate return, and believ- Because anxious and avoidant often sector by the prospect of working for series and the similarity is thought to ues are more important, in my opinion, shouldn’t be too stringent but they ing that you can be sexually satisfied go for each other as they conform to rapidly-growing streaming services, have angered the corporation’s bosses. than shared interests. Finding someone shouldn’t be too lax either. I inter- in your relationship through hard what each person would expect from which can offer bigger budgets. In an interview with the who also likes chess, or wearing purple viewed philosopher Richard Kraut work and effort. a relationship. However, when two Attenborough, who is synonymous Financial Times published recently, clothing, isn’t going to be enough. about this, and he said: “You should be secure people get together, they mani- with the BBC’s natural history output, Attenborough said he would still Commitment is far more important willing to put up with a lot of discom- / I fest as the smug, “we’re so happy” has already agreed to provide the work with the BBC but was enthused than connection; someone who’s pre- fort and hard work, and a certain Evidence suggests that lust does dwin- couple. If I ruled the world I’d break voiceover for a forthcoming Netflix by Netflix’s global reach, with its pared to put in the hard graft to make a amount of self-sacrifice out of loyalty to dle. When researchers interviewed them up and distribute them among series named Our Planet, which is due programmes made available around relationship work. Attachment theory a friend. “But I would add there is a 6,785 people who were married and liv- all the anxious people. to be released in April and has the world at the same time. comes into it if you are insecure — limit to that, especially if there eventu- ing with their spouse, 80-98 per cent basically, being with someone secure ally comes a point where you simply under 24 had had sex in the past O PI will make your relationship more likely cannot do any more good for a friend month, compared with 20-50 per cent No. It doesn’t make mathematical ' 7* R = to succeed. Be conscious that who you and putting effort into this is harming of people over 75. And by looking at sense. And I think it’s a really danger- choose will change you over time. yourself. At that point, loyalty no the partners of the people who chose ous way of looking at love — it makes it longer is a virtue.” Of course, that may not to say anything about their sex all about finding the “right” object, . I be easier said than done. For those in lives, researchers discovered that when instead of thinking about whether you No. Of the 160 countries in a 2009 abusive relationships, for example, not people didn’t answer, it was usually could work harder at the skill of loving. study, 44 per cent accepted polygamy, at only can walking away be traumatic, because they didn’t have much sex — least to some extent. Add to that the difficult or dangerous, but it may also suggesting a cultural expectation. . high rates of infidelity in many “monog- be impossible without support. Research suggests that the more you I amous” cultures, as well as the number encounter something, such as a spouse, I think being “in love” really means of people who try non-monogamy (21 / I the less exciting you find it, or them. being “in lust” or “in romantic love”. per cent in a large US study) and No. I think the sort of love that makes The sort of love that makes relation- monogamy seems to be less “natural” or relationships last requires time — and . P ships last is very different. It’s much “universal” than many might believe. It’s with “love at first sight” time isn’t there, . I calmer. Yes, you can lust after more not the norm in animals either. Out of by definition. I think it has the poten- If you’re secure, you might be able to than one person, although my general 4,000 mammal species, only a few tial to turn into love, but I think love slowly make your insecure partner impression of lust is that it’s quite dom- dozen are monogamous, and of the requires persistence, vulnerability, inti- secure. But sometimes you won’t be inating, deliberately so because without world’s 300-400 primates, only nine are macy. For every person I interviewed able to (for example, if the avoidant it we wouldn’t survive as a species. Lust — our closest living relative, the who fell in love at first sight and was breaks up with you before you get the engages the brain’s reward system, the bonobo, definitely isn’t (they seem to right, I interviewed more who got it chance). Attachment style is stable, same part of the brain engaged when have sex at every available opportunity). wrong (for example, Sophie, a model I but can also be influenced by the we take cocaine or amphetamines. sat next to on a plane, whose boyfriend relationships we’re in. Can you have companionate love he Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first Vermeer’s Young Woman Seated at a . I ended up stalking her and installing for more than one person? I think so, museum to carry the name Virginal and Rembrandt’s Portrait of a So many reasons. Sometimes because spyware on her phone). . . yes. At least, polyamorists seem to be Toutside France, has announced Man. Study of the Head and Clasped their relationship isn’t working — but .I able to. I don’t think love is a limited that it will display works by the Hands of a Young Man as Christ in research suggests people cheat even . H /. Reflection can have a huge impact on resource. But that doesn’t mean loving Dutch masters Rembrandt and Prayer by Rembrandt will also feature, when they’re very happy in their rela- I attachment. Research looking at more than one person is easy or solves Vermeer this month. Works by the and has been acquired by the museum tionship. In one study, a hefty 56 per No. And I think it’s unrealistic to think women who had experienced a very the problem of the paradox of humans, two artists are part of the gallery’s for its permanent collection. cent of men and 34 per cent of women you have to know. Lots of people I inter- deprived upbringing found that each i.e. that they want novelty and safety all first exhibition of 2019 — The Louvre Abu Dhabi was who had cheated rated their marriage viewed knew and were then wrong. Lots one who was highly reflective went on at the same time. Rembrandt, Vermeer and the Dutch opened in November 2017 — nearly as either “happy” or “very happy”. If of people didn’t know (like Robert, who to have a secure child, whereas of Golden Age: Masterpieces from the five years behind schedule — by the they were happy, why did they cheat? came around to fix my boiler and had those on the other end of the scale, . . Leiden collection and the Musée du French president, Emmanuel Macron, When asked this question by been married for 42 years), and have only six per cent did. In other words, . //I Louvre. The exhibition in the United and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince researchers, people provided a variety long, happy relationships. Attachment mothers who were very reflective were Yes, although the illicit nature of the rela- Arab Emirates capital is dedicated to Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. of answers, including: fun, career theory is a factor — you’re more likely to able to prevent insecure attachment tionship will make them all the more the renowned Fijnschilders (fine Marketed as a “universal muse- advancement, escapism, a need for con- doubt if you’re insecure. Doubts can be from passing to their child. alluring. And they’re unlikely to be quite painters) of the Netherlands. um” celebrating cultural exchange quest and power, exploring sexual iden- more a reflection of you than the other Attachment styles are robust, but so appealing when the danger dissipates. “Rembrandt is a master of the and tolerance, the Louvre Abu Dhabi tity, a desire for variety, or to combat person and the relationship. they’re not unchangeable. Learning to It also depends on the stakes — if Golden Age,” said the museum’s head, has reportedly cost the UAE about feeling inadequate. But people also reflect (both on your own mental you leave children and families Manuel Rabate. “He’s a universal $1bn, including about $500m to use cheat for reasons they’re not aware of, . states and those of others), to behind, it can put a huge amount genius, he’s connected to the world.” the Louvre brand. Officials have not for example introducing insecurity into I excavate and process any trauma of pressure on your relationship to last. The exhibition’s 95 works include confirmed the price tag. their relationship because they crave Yes. Evidence suggests that doing new you have suffered, and to regulate / ! # / In a statement, not a one-off incident in the area. brothers Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Jayawijaya police chief Koman said a snake had also Trump criticised the exhibit on here were lots of happy little trees at ndonesian police have apologised and Tonny Ananda Swadaya been used in an interrogation of new art exhibit at a Tuesday as a sexist attempt to Tone Texas middle school this week. Ipledged disciplinary action after offi- issued an apology, saying, one of her clients, whom she said AWashington museum humiliate her. “Women can Art students at Madison Middle School cers draped a live snake around the “The investigator was not pro- was a pro-independence activist. shows an Ivanka Trump choose to knock each other in Abilene donned their curliest wigs neck of a suspect to persuade him to fessional in doing his job”. Swadaya Papua police spokesman Kamal said lookalike pushing a vacu- down or build each other up. I and painted little trees onto canvases to confess during an interrogation session added that the officers had been acting he was not aware of another case. um cleaner and invites choose the latter,” Ivanka Trump, pay homage to the late painter Bob Ross. in the easternmost area of Papua. on their own initiative to try get a con- spectators to toss crumbs a senior White House adviser, Teacher Brady Sloane tells the Abilene A video circulated online shows a fession, saying the snake was non-ven- for her to clean up. The art tweeted alongside a link to a Reporter News that the idea came about man being questioned about stolen omous and tame. “We have taken stern . piece by Jennifer Rubell, titled story on the exhibit. because she wanted to reward Advanced mobile phones seated with his hands action against the personnel,” he said, P / ‘Ivanka Vacuuming’, opened Trump Jr tweeted, “Sad, but Placement students who tethered behind his back yelling in adding the officers themselves had not aine’s giant spinning ice disk may February 1 and continues not surprising to watch self had been stressed out over distress as a snake is pushed physically attacked the man. Msoon meet its end because of unsea- through February 17 at the professed ‘feminists’ launching recent projects and grades. towards his face by an officer. Papua police spokesman Ahmad sonably warm weather. The Portland Press Flashpoint Gallery. The public is sexist attacks against The result was a flash mob The man, who can been seen Musthofa Kamal said the case was being Herald reports the disk in the Presumpscot encouraged to “throw crumbs @IvankaTrump. In their Thursday of about four writhing on the ground for investigated by the internal affairs unit River has lost most of the shape and onto the carpet, watching as crazed world, sexism is OK if dozen students who wore much of the time is asked by and if violations of the law or code of appearance that made it look like a blue Ivanka elegantly vacuums up the hurts their political enemies.” wigs, blue button-down an officer, “How may times conduct were proven action would be moon. Westbrook spokeswoman Tina mess, her smile never wavering.” Eric Trump, on Fox News, shirts and held palettes of have you stolen mobile phones?” taken. Reports of human rights abuses Radel says that the disk was on the move A large text description of the called his sister a “powerful paint. An episode of Ross’ The suspect later responds by say- by security forces often emerge from Wednesday and that its “time may be lim- work hanging on the gallery wall woman who has done more for television show, “The Joy of ing, “Only two times.” Papua, where a separatist movement has ited.” The ice disk formed in early January, describes Ivanka Trump as “a fig- women than probably anybody Painting,” was projected onto During the video, a voice can simmered for decades. drawing crowds to the river’s edge and ure whose public persona incorpo- in Washington DC.” a large screen. be heard ordering The former Dutch colony, the attracting attention online. It formed natu- rates an almost comically wide The exhibit is presented by Ross gained the man to open resource-rich western part New Guinea rally where there is a circular current that range of feminine identities — the CulturalDC arts organisa- a following his eyes and at island, was incorporated into Indonesia creates a whirlpool effect. Radel says a daughter, wife, mother, sister, model, tion, and Executive Director for his sooth- one stage threat- after a widely criticised UN-backed ref- webcam set up by scientists from Brown working woman, blonde.” It calls the Kristi Maiselman said her group ing tone and ens to put the erendum in 1969. Veronica Koman, a University that provides time-lapse pho- act of throwing bread crumbs onto is always happy to present soft-spoken voice. snake into his human rights lawyer focused on Papua, tography of the disk will remain in opera- the carpet for her to vacuum “sur- “timely boundary-pushing He died in 1995. mouth and under said by text message that using a snake tion through the spring. prisingly pleasurable.” installations” like this. his trousers. in this way represented torture and was But Ivanka Trump and her 92*>* , &? 4?%& 9? 4?&,4?8,&*,, yvixiari $ 592?89 $#& K 4#>6 78& 7 9 $>#%? $#92# % 0"% %1 ": " " O 5 ! ( ! " 9 77-/-/877-/-/8 ) 8 8," 9 ! ! ( ! 9-9- -;7'-;7' !! ! ! .&/.-&;/.&/.-&;/ " 9 ( ajdharma or the duty of the king has been a much talked about subject in ancient historical Rand scriptural texts of India. However, it has often been found missing in the character of many 9 ! kings from the ancient times to the present ones. ! 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Having arrived at this stage, begins in the mind which visualises, allow the scope to apply proper fore- of self-reflection begins when you you become the master of your own excites desires, sets the functional thought before taking any call, not to come across your true nature with all mind rather than being its slave. And mandate of a being, and accordingly say anything about due diligence. It’s its good and bad. Becoming aware you are in full control of your own self gets going. The feel of the fruit of difficult for them to fully absorb any thus, you could conscientiously purify and at your best. Hereafter, wherever actions, good or bad, or for that matter fresh educative inputs either. Evidently, your mind of all the negative and you pay attention, you may intuitively the experiences had during the run of they carry equal probability of failure inconsequential imprints that are oth- get to the underlying truth, and there- life too, feed the mind and add up to and success in life. A large majority fall erwise responsible for disorderliness of fore, shall be able to perceive things in make its stock memory. That, in turn, under these two categories. mind. It’s time now to seek the help of the right perspective. Also, shall be influences the future course of life. The ones who realise that they a Guru. Guru will offer you a mantra able to put in your qualitative best in Going through such successive phases were not able to fulfill their aspira- for recitations and an iconic figure to all your endeavour. of life, each mind gets preconditioned tional urges because of their own mon- focus upon, depending on the callings To sum up, you are empowered to over a period of time, one way or the key-like mind-traits, put in conscious of your inner frame of mind. Pursuing be the architect of your own destiny. other, and that defines the unique efforts to reign in their mental flirta- the process in all sincerity, over a peri- So said Swami Vivekananda: “The his- character of a being. No wonder, dif- tions and improve their focus. They od of time, your mind gets trained to tory of the world is the history of few ferent individuals are found reflecting first try to bring their mind to a restful maintain pointed focus on the iconic men who had faith in themselves. Faith varying levels of mind-state, according state following the method suggested figure for a specified period of time. calls out the Divinity within you; you as one is inherently made out. in the previous issue. So, they are able Your mind still gets distracted every can do everything. You fail only when Ground study suggests that each to apply reasons as and when they are now and then. 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